AHDB.LamenessCostCalculator

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Including milking and drying cows

Number of cows in herd

Average milk yield (litres per cow per year)

Average milk price (pence per litre)

An independent accredited scorer should be listed on the Register of Mobility Scorers (RoMS). Experience dictates that scores by untrained and non-accredited scorers tend to underestimate lameness by a factor of 2 to 20 times the actual levels, mainly because of missing score 2 cows.

Mobility scored by independent, RoMS accredited scorer?

Yes

Numbers of scores/lame cows (this will calculate the % for you)

Click yes if you have recent mobility scoring data

Yes

If you don’t have recent mobility scoring data

Enter the number of lame cows only if you don’t have recent mobility scoring data.

Number of cows lame in the herd

Percentage scores

Current

Enter the target % of cows in your herd for each mobility score or the total % of the herd lame target if you do not know the split of score 2 and 3 you wish to target.

Target

Total % of herd lame

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