Variability of Manson and Leaver locomotion scores assigned to dairy cows by different observers
- 28 March 2009
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Veterinary Record
- Vol. 164 (13), 388-392
- https://doi.org/10.1136/vr.164.13.388
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.Keywords
Funding Information
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, UK Government
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