Claw Lesions Causing Clinical Lameness in Lactating Holstein Frisian Crossbred Cows

Table 3

Correlation between lesions within cows having locomotion scores 2 and 3 (first row = correlation coefficient, second row = probability value).

Lesion	HE	SH	WLH	SA	US	OS	OH	WLF	IDH	SU
HE	1
	·
SH	0.1	1
	0.201	·
WLH	−0.019	−0.047	1
	0.332	0.346	·
SA	0.26*	0.008	−0.07	1
	0.013	0.473	0.277	·
US	0.224*	0.003	−0.025	−0.083	1
	0.029	0.49	0.415	0.243	·
OS	−0.051	−0.163	0.125	−0.083	0.299**	1
	0.333	0.084	0.145	0.244	0.005	·
OH	0.315**	0.025	−0.041	−0.011	0.096	−0.062	1
	0.003	0.415	0.364	0.462	0.211	0.301	·
WLF	−0.02	−0.076	0.082	0.123	0.029	0.134	−0.081	1
	0.433	0.26	0.244	0.149	0.404	0.128	0.249	·
IDH	−0.121	0.084	−0.084	−0.053	0.089	0.033	−0.028	−0.087	1
	0.154	0.241	0.239	0.327	0.227	0.391	0.406	0.233	·
SU	−0.059	−0.104	0.041	−0.181	−0.189	−0.028	−0.039	0.253**	−0.081	1
	0.31	0.191	0.364	0.062	0.055	0.406	0.37	0.015	0.249	·

∗Significant at 0.05 level; **significant at 0.01 level.
HE: heel erosion, SH: sole haemorrhage, WLH: white line haemorrhage, SA: sole avulsion, US: underrun sole, OS: overgrown sole, OH: overgrown hoof, WLF: white line fissure, IDH: interdigital hyperplasia, SU: sole ulcer.