Some years back I was among a team of vets training livestock farmers in Bungoma County on keeping exotic dairy animals. The farmers were being prepared by the county government to crossover from indigenous zebu to exotic dairy breeds.
When I mentioned why hoof care is important there was a sudden upsurge of murmurs that culminated into laughing. I thought something was amiss until I was informed that the laughter was about the topic – hoof management.