S. Mason
University of Calgary
18 Papers
15 Citations
S. Mason is an academic researcher from University of Calgary. The author has contributed to research in topics: Dairy cattle & Medicine. The author has an hindex of 7, co-authored 17 publications.
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Papers
Prevalence and distribution of foot lesions in dairy cattle in Alberta, Canada.
TL;DR: It is inferred that foot lesion data recorded by hoof trimmers can provide useful information not only to develop effective foot health programs at herd level, but also for disease surveillance and genetic improvement at regional and national levels.
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Associations between lying behavior and lameness in Canadian Holstein-Friesian cows housed in freestall barns
L. Solano,Herman W. Barkema,Edmond A. Pajor,S. Mason,Stephen J. LeBlanc,C.G.R. Nash,Derek B. Haley,Doris Pellerin,Jeffrey Rushen,A.M. de Passillé,Elsa Vasseur,Karin Orsel +11 more
TL;DR: It is inferred that automated measures of lying behavior could contribute to lameness detection, especially when interpreted in the context of other factors known to affect lying behavior, including those associated with the individual cow.
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Factors associated with participation of Alberta dairy farmers in a voluntary, management-based Johne's disease control program.
Caroline Ritter,G.P.S. Kwong,Robert Wolf,C. Pickel,M. Slomp,J. Flaig,S. Mason,Cindy L. Adams,David F. Kelton,J. Jansen,J. De Buck,Herman W. Barkema +11 more
TL;DR: According to logistic regression, participating farms had larger herds, higher self-assessed knowledge of JD, better understanding of AJDI details before participation, and used their veterinarian more often to get information about new management practices and technologies when compared with nonparticipants.
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Genetic parameters for hoof health traits estimated with linear and threshold models using alternative cohorts
F. Malchiodi,A. Koeck,S. Mason,A. M. Christen,David F. Kelton,Flavio S Schenkel,Filippo Miglior +6 more
TL;DR: Estimating genetic parameters for individual hoof lesions in Canadian Holsteins by using an alternative cohort to consider all cows in the herd during the period of the hoof trimming sessions, including those that were not examined by the trimmer over the entire lactation showed large and exploitable variation among sires.
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Invited review: Bovine leukemia virus-Transmission, control, and eradication.
Alessa Kuczewski,Karin Orsel,Herman W. Barkema,S. Mason,Ronald J. Erskine,Frank van der Meer +5 more
TL;DR: A literature review of available papers published since 1995 concerning Bovine Leukemia virus (BLV) transmission and its control was conducted in this paper, where confirmed transmission routes were reviewed (blood, natural breeding, in utero, colostrum, and milk), there is a lack of detailed information on other specific risks for transmission (e.g., contact transmission and hoof-trimming knives).
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