Lameness and its dietary management in animals Beigh Yasir Afzal1,*, Ganai Abdul Majeed, Haq Zulfaqarul, Akhter Sayima Division of Animal Nutrition, Faculty of Veterinary Sciences and Animal Husbandry, Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology of Kashmir (SKUAST-K)Shuhama, Alusteng, Srinagar - 190006 (Jammu and Kashmir) 1Assistant Professor-cum-Scientist (Senior Scale) Division of Animal Nutrition, Faculty of Veterinary Sciences and Animal Husbandry, Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology of Kashmir (SKUAST-K)Shuhama, Alusteng, Srinagar - 190006 (Jammu and Kashmir) *Corresponding author. E-mail: vetyasir1@gmail.com
Online Published on 20 April, 2022. Abstract Lameness is one of the most important and economically demanding diseases in livestock, manifested with change in locomotion and associated with not only a welfare problem, but also affect production and profit. Nutrition as one of the important predisposing factor causing lameness in animals. The review focus on incidence and dietary management of lameness in livestock. Excessive grain and/or concentrate feeding and high ratio of non-fibre carbohydrate to neutral detergent fibre affects the gastro-intestinal functioning result in lameness. Besides, high dietary protein content, vitamin and mineral deficiencies/imbalances and some anti-nutritional factors are other dietary causes leading to lameness in animals. Feeding management is perhaps the single most effective means to reduce the occurrence of lameness in animals as a sustainable strategy. Top Keywords Diet, Lameness, Livestock, Nutrition. Top |