Onemocnění paznehtů u holštýnského skotu

The health status of dairy cows has a direct impact on milk production and the related breeding economy. Any disruption of the health of the dairy cows reduces milk yield and negative affects the economy of breeding. Maintaining good limb health in dairy cows i sone of the most important tasks of production and preventive veterinary medicine. The bachelor's thesis is focused on the occurence of hoof diseases on three dairy farms breeding Holstein cattle. Monitoring took place in the years 2018 - 2020. A total of 2 163 dairy cows were included in the follow-upm divided into 5 groups according to the order of lactation. The most common diseases were specific-traumatic inflammations of the hoof joint, where their incidence ranged from 7,9 % to 14,8 %. Another disease assessed was digital dermatitis, which occured from 7,28 % to 14,24 % during the monitored years. The last disease studied was necrobacillosis. This occured on farms ranging from 1,22 % to 4,74 %. The work also decribes the characteristics of the Holstein cattle, the anatomy of the hoof, treatment and prevention of individual diseases, as well as the factors influencing the development of hoof disease