We haven’t worried about hoof issues in heifers, until now. Corkscrew claw syndrome is an emerging heifer hoof issue and common rearing practices may be to blame. The syndrome was most prevalent in heifers housed in freestall barns.
“What’s good for cows, and how we have learned to manage cows, isn’t necessarily good for heifers,”Nigel Cook, MRCVS.
Source: Hoard’s Dairyman, March 24, 2019. Link.
. . . hoof care experts are realizing this is instead a problem that impacts herds in unusual ways. The syndrome affects the inner claw of the foot, and most often, it initially appears in heifers or first lactation cows.