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- Title
Variability of Manson and Leaver locomotion scores assigned to dairy cows by different observers.
- Authors
Channon, A. J.; Walker, A. M.; Pfau, T.; Sheldon, I. M.; Wilson, A. M.
- Abstract
The gait scoring system developed by Manson and Leaver was used by five experienced observers to assess the gait of 83 milking Holstein-Friesian cows in a live recording session, and video recordings were made. The agreement between the scores of the observers at the live session, and between each observer's scores at the live session and a video session, were compared at three levels of stringency. The scores of the observers were highly variable at all but the least stringent threshold - whether a cow had a score of less than 3 or 3 or more, that is, whether it was not lame or lame.
- Subjects
GAIT in animals; MILKING; COWS; HOLSTEIN-Friesian cattle; ANIMAL locomotion
- Publication
Veterinary Record: Journal of the British Veterinary Association, 2009, Vol 164, Issue 13, p388
- ISSN
0042-4900
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1136/vr.164.13.388