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Roger Evans: "We just shrug our shoulders and try not to spill too much milk"

This month, Roger Evans discusses cow's feet, fallen stock and the mysteries of mobile phones

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Roger Evans.

I think that vets call them digits, an article I read in last month's Dairy Farmer about cow mobility called them cleats, whereas I would call them clees. Of course I am referring to the cloven hooves...

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