Cows have cloven hooves (i.e. hooves split into two toes) and toenails. In nature, cows wear down their toenails naturally by walking. Unfortunately, many cows today don’t do much walking around.

It is easily an ignored part of dairy cow management. Yet, hoof trimming determines about 20 per cent of production levels. This is critical at a time when the dairy sector in Kenya is on the rise as ...