Table B.2.

Description of the literature search on locomotory disorders

Keyword combination of the ‘topic search’	TS = (dairy AND cow* OR cattle) AND (“locomot* problem*” OR “locomot* disorder*” OR “claw disorder*” OR “hoof disorder*” OR lame* OR “hock lesion*” OR “joint lesion*”) AND (housing OR pasture)
Defined time period	1 January 2010 to 8 February 2022 in order to focus on present housing systems and practices
Exclusion criteria	–exclusion of proceedings, book chapters and editorial material, –exclusion of articles in a language other than English or German, –exclusion of articles from tropical countries, –exclusion of articles published in categories other than agricultural animal sciences, veterinary sciences, behavioural sciences and multidisciplinary sciences, –investigation of indicators other than indicators directly referring to foot and leg disorders, –investigation of implications/consequences instead of effects on foot and leg disorders, –exclusion of articles on husbandry systems or practices other than identified under Tor1, –no investigation of risk factors relating to housing systems or practices, –opinion elicitations, attitude or consumer studies, –prevalence studies involving less than five farms.
Outcome	Of 222 search results, 60 articles were identified as relevant, thereof 12 review articles. Of the remaining articles, five were not accessible. All other 43 were research articles on experimental or epidemiological studies.