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The use of texture analysis to assess the structural strength of hoof horn of dairy cows

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 November 2017

B. Winkler ,
J. K. Margerison  and
C. Brennan
B. Winkler
Affiliation:
Department of Agriculture Food and Land Use, Seale - Hayne Faculty, Plymouth University, Newton Abbot, Devon, TQ12 6NQ, U.K.
J. K. Margerison
Affiliation:
Department of Agriculture Food and Land Use, Seale - Hayne Faculty, Plymouth University, Newton Abbot, Devon, TQ12 6NQ, U.K.
C. Brennan
Affiliation:
Department of Agriculture Food and Land Use, Seale - Hayne Faculty, Plymouth University, Newton Abbot, Devon, TQ12 6NQ, U.K.
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The quality of hoof horn is related to 3 factors: architecture of the Stratum corneum (number of tubules and inter-tubular space), cellular factors (type of keratinization, orientation of keratin fibres) and inter-cellular factors (amount and chemical composition of the inter-cellular substance (Pellman et al., 1993). Kempson and Logue (1993) related poor hoof horn quality at 1 month before calving to the occurrence of moderate to severe solar haemorrhage at 10 to 20 weeks after calving. The objective of this experiment was to develop the use of texture analysis as a method to measure the structural strength of hoof sole tissue and assess the influence of sample width and bruising on structural strength.

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Proceedings of the British Society of Animal Science , Volume 2001 , 2001 , pp. 171
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Copyright © The British Society of Animal Science 2001

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