1. Register of Mobility Scorers (RoMS)
The economic and welfare costs of lameness are very significant
As a result, many UK retailers and welfare assurance schemes require frequent mobility scoring
Mobility scores are notoriously inaccurate and lack credibility

2. The aims of the RoMS
Independent, self-regulatory body which encourages the widespread use of standardised, independent mobility scoring conducted by trained and accredited scorers on dairy farms
The aims of the RoMS are:
To improve the mobility of the UK national dairy herd by:
Improving the quality and accuracy of mobility score data provided to producers and their agents.
Providing standardised high quality data on the mobility of cows on UK dairy farms over time
To be as inclusive of, and reactive to, the mobility scoring requirements of all key stake holders in the dairy supply chain.

3. How it will work
Anyone can be on the RoMS after a day’s training (trainer must be accredited by founding committee)
Application for Grandfather rights will be open from May 1st to July 1st for assessment by founding committee On line ‘exam/assessment’ to maintain score consistency carried out annually on line- this will be a series of video clips that need scoring.
All scores must be submitted on the RoMS portal
Must record the number of score 1,2 and 3 cows plus free text
Scorers’ scores will be assessed annually to pick up anomalous trends
Cost is likely to be £25/year

4. The RoMS Web Portal (www.roms.org.uk)
Functions:
Contact details of members
Annual scorer assessment and reregistration via a login
List recognised training providers and dates of courses they are providing
Reciprocal links to other websites relating to foot health
Repository of all scores completed by the members of the RoMS to generate farmer reports and have data available for analysis at different levels:
National dataset which can be accessed by research institutions
Individual scorer dataset to assess individual scorer performance and identify outliers for further training

5. Sponsors of www.roms.org.uk

6. Grandfather Rights
Please contact: for electronic applications forms. Paper versions of the application forms are available today