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Vet Report: Watch for feet problems in beef cattle

Lainie Kringen-Scholtz
Aug 18, 2020
Aug 18, 2020 Updated Aug 19, 2020

hoof care — This diagram shows the areas of the foot where problems are most common.
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Lainie Kringen-Scholtz

Like the old cowboys say, no hoof, no horse. Well it’s the same thing with cattle.

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Dr. Lainie Kringen-Scholtz is Associate Veterinarian at Animal Medical Care in Brookings, South Dakota.

The Vet Report is provided in conjunction with Prairie View Veterinary Clinic with locations in Miller, Redfield, Wessington Springs and Highmore, S.D. Questions? Send an email to owner Eric Knock, DVM, at reknock@venturecomm.net or write 321 E. 14th St., Miller, SD 57362.