Lameness affects about 50 percent of dairy cows with significant impact on cow health and dairy economics. A project led by CDCB and the University of Minnesota seeks to create a data pipeline as an essential first step to develop genetic evaluations for related traits using the National Cooperator Database.
Source: Hoard’s Dairyman, June 13, 2022. Link. The first data analysis from the CDCB-UMN project will be presented Wednesday, August 1st, during the Lameness in Ruminants Conference <Link>.