as I figure if I’m using my brain to spell words that’s got to be better for me than watching hours of videos of a vet treating cows with hoof abscesses. Comedian Mel Buttle on the week that was.

A Rangitikei farmer has been jailed for more than two years and disqualified from being in charge of animals indefinitely over the preventable deaths of lambs and sheep. Peter James Valentine, 63, was ...

Another approach to prevention is to focus on mineral nutrition, particularly zinc. Zinc is important in maintaining skin and hoof integrity. Cattle should be provided with adequate dietary zinc to ...

With softer ground and increased moisture in the spring, some horses may develop hoof cracks, thrush, and abscesses. Thrush is a bacterial infection affecting the frog, while abscesses are pus-filled ...