Prevalencia de cojeras de acuerdo al sistema de niveles de locomoción por diagnóstico postural en vacas de producción de leche

Abstract

There is little research on the prevalence of lameness in Ecuador, therefore, the main objective of this project was to determine the prevalence of lameness according to the System of Locomotion Levels by postural diagnosis in dairy cows, in the city of Cuenca. San Fernando Canton. The study was carried out on 377 dairy cattle, analyzed through postural diagnosis. Prevalence is calculated in Epi Info 7.2.5.0 software. A prevalence of lameness of 19.89% (75/377) was detected.