Abstract
In order to cure and prevent paraplegia ante and post partum in dairy cow, which results in frequent disease injuries, high disuse rate and severe economical damages, application of a hock binding belt was attempted in addition to the currently used symptomatic treatment and the following excellent results were obtained. When 103 head of paraplegia cow found during the period of 1987 to 1989 were subjected to the currently used symptomatic treatment without applying the binding belt(cow group without binding belt), 71 head were cured(68.9 % ) and 32 head were disused ( 31.7 % ). On the contrary, when the binding belt was applied to 18 head of paraplegia cow found in 1990(cow group with binding belt), 17 head were cured(94.4 %) and only one head was disused(5.6 %), thus showing a significantly high healing ratio in the cow group with binding belt compared to the group without binding belt. When the binding belt was applied to 8 head of paraplegia cow which were likely to be seized with paraplegia ante and post partum caused by a difficult delivery and the like, all individuals were prevented from the disease. It seemed that paraplegia and unstable standing up which occur in dairy cow ante and post partum could be healed and prevented by the application of the hock binding belt.
