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lameness: a standalone construct

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lameness1 CONSTRUCTLamenessSPRECHER · 1997

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Veterinary medicine

An animal's gait or stance altered by pain or mechanical fault

In veterinary medicine lameness is an abnormality of gait or stance caused by pain or mechanical dysfunction somewhere in the locomotor system, from hoof to spine, and it is the leading welfare and production problem of dairy cattle and a core diagnostic puzzle in horses. Sprecher, Hostetler, and Kaneene's 1997 locomotion-scoring system grades lameness from posture and gait on a simple numeric scale and links higher scores to poorer reproductive performance. The referent is impaired locomotion as a sign of underlying disease or injury, localised by examination and graded by locomotion score.[1]

Unit
The severity of gait and posture abnormality, on a graded locomotion score
Recovery means
Resolves when the underlying hoof, limb, or musculoskeletal lesion is treated; persistent lameness signals unresolved disease
Measured by
Graded by locomotion or lameness scoring, gait observation, flexion tests, and force-plate or pressure-mat analysis

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References

  1. Sprecher, D. J., Hostetler, D. E., & Kaneene, J. B. (1997). A lameness scoring system that uses posture and gait to predict dairy cattle reproductive performance. Theriogenology, 47(6), 1179–1187. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0093-691X(97)00098-8

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