..VRA..TPM therapeutic applications for thoroughbreds...can or will these applications apply to dairy cattle..i don't know if this is relevant..:)
from dairy inf.biz
Add up the costs
Lowered milk production = $ 40 - $75
Lowered fertility
11% of $800 -$1500 = $ 88 - $165
Increased risk of culling
2.5% of $1500 = $ 37
Treatment costs = $ 35
Total = $200 - $312
Thus a single case of lameness costs approximately $200 to $300.
Individual farmers can calculate their average annual cost of lameness by multiplying the estimated cost of a single cost of lameness (calculated above at $200 to $300) by the number of cases of lameness in their herd each year.
Using this data and other estimates, lameness is thought to cost the Australian dairy industry over $30 to $45 million dollars per annum.
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