Survey reveals challenges to controlling lameness

摘要

A survey of more than 280 sheep farmers in the UK has revealed there's still work to do if the industry is to reduce lameness to 2% by March 2021 Sarah Alderton reports on the results.n 2012, Farmers Weekly launched the Stamp Out Lameness campaign after sheep lameness hit the government's radar when the Farm Animal Welfare Committee (FAWC)put forward an Opinion on Lameness insheep. This recommended that: The prevalence of lameness should be reduced to 5% or less by March 2016 and to 2% or less by March 2021.