Abstract
Work on lameness has been focused on meat sheep but there is limited information on dairy sheep. Lameness is a welfare problem, which reduces productivity and it is a major problem in most sheep keeping countries (Winter, 2008). The latter is important for Greece which is ranked second (after Italy) in milk sheep production in Europe (deRancourt et al. 2006). The objective of this study was twofold. Firstly, to characterise the farming system in a representative sample of dairy sheep flocks, and to categorise them in certain clusters in relation to predisposing factors of lameness. Secondly, to assess the prevalence and the major epidemiological characteristics of lameness.
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