Just as people cut their toenails when they get too long, some beef cattle also need to have their hooves trimmed on occasion to help keep them from going lame, say Kansas State University ...

Farmers are shown how to trim the hooves of their cows at Red Hill in Limuru in 2016. [File, Standard] Hoof trimming is key in the prevention of lameness in animals such as cattle, sheep, goats, pigs ...

It is easily an ignored part of dairy cow management. Yet, hoof trimming determines about 20 per cent of production levels. This is critical at a time when the dairy sector in Kenya is on the rise as ...