Associations of sole ulcer at claw trimming with reproductive performance, udder health, milk yield, and culling in Swedish dairy cattle

Hultgren, Jan; Manske, Thomas; Bergsten, C. Fred

doi:10.1016/j.prevetmed.2004.01.002

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“…However, the explanation for this is that one SU-affected cow had an extremely high cell count, most likely due to an udder infection that never developed into clinical mastitis. This situation supports the findings of Hultgren et al (2004) where no association between SU and high cell count was found.…”

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Influence of digital dermatitis and sole ulcer on dairy cow behaviour and milk production

Pavlenko

Bergsten

Ekesbo

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The aim of the study was to investigate whether the presence of digital dermatitis (DD) and sole ulcer (SU) in dairy cows was associated with changes in behaviour and milk production. Swedish Red and Swedish Holstein cows (mostly in the first to second lactation) were housed in a cubicle system with automatically scraped passageways. After maintenance claw trimming of all the cows in the herd, 10 cows with DD and 10 cows with SU were selected. For each DD-or SU-affected cow, a healthy control cow, matched according to breed, age, parity and lactation stage, was selected. The behaviour of each of the 20 focal cows was observed for 1 h during 2 to 3 weeks after claw trimming (WACT; period 1) and for 1 h during 5 to 6 WACT (period 2). Milk production parameters: energy-corrected milk (ECM), fat and protein percentages and somatic cell counts (SCCs) were recorded once monthly. Lameness was scored once at the start of the study and cows with SU and DD showed more score 2 lameness (42% v. 31%) than the healthy cows (12%). Most differences in behaviour were found during 2 to 3 WACT when DD-and SU-affected cows were lying less ( P 5 0.001 and P 5 0.012, respectively) than healthy cows. Ruminating while standing was performed more in DD-affected cows ( P , 0.001) and tended to be performed more in SU-affected cows ( P 5 0.079) than their controls. Vigilance was performed more in DD-and SU-affected cows than in healthy cows ( P , 0.001 and P 5 0.047). Cows with DD produced approximately 5.5 kg less ECM per day both at 2 to 3 WACT ( P 5 0.022) and at 5 to 6 WACT ( P 5 0.017) than healthy cows, whereas SU-affected cows tended to produce less ECM at 5 to 6 WACT ( P 5 0.059). No differences in milk fat and protein or SCC were found. It may be concluded that DD-affected cows showed a stronger behavioural response to the claw disease than the SU-affected cows. This shows the importance of regular claw checking and claw trimming of the cows in order to avoid the negative effects on behaviour and milk production.

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“…However, Hultgren et al (2004) showed that animals prone to contracting SU produced more milk than those that did not develop SU.…”

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Influence of digital dermatitis and sole ulcer on dairy cow behaviour and milk production

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Bergsten

Ekesbo

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“…sole was rarely present on cows with locomotion score 2 ( Table 2) and was associated with 13 increasing locomotion score in the final model independent of sole ulcer (Table 4). Sole ulcer 14 has recently been reported to cause the greatest drop in milk yield of all common foot lesions 15 in a study investigating lesion specific causes of lameness and reduction in milk yield (Amory 16 et al, 2008) and has been associated with longer calving intervals, longer intervals from 17 calving to first service (Sogstad et al, 2006) and greatest risk of failure to conceive at first 18 service and longer calving intervals (Hultgren et al, 2004). These poor production indices 19 indicate that the presence of sole ulcer on a bovine hoof strongly suggests that they are 20 causing pain (although even some (11%) sole ulcers did not cause definite lameness (Table 21 2)).…”

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Associations between hoof lesions and locomotion score in 1098 unsound dairy cows

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Flor

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2010

The Veterinary Journal

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“…Lameness is still highly prevalent in the UK, Denmark and the USA (reviewed by Hultgren et al, 2004;Bell et al, 2009), in contrast to Sweden, where a much lower prevalence of lameness at claw trimming (~5%) was found, with lactation incidence risks of ~2% (Manske et al, 2002). This apparent discrepancy might relate to different conceptual interpretations of the relevance of oestrous signalling for animal well-being.…”

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Oestrous intensity is positively associated with reproductive outcome in high-producing dairy cows

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his study tested whether strong oestrus symptoms are linked to low lameness score, acceptable pregnancy and calving rates in heifers and first parity dairy cows with a high genetic potential for milk production. In a single Swedish nucleus herd for genetic selection and testing, oestrous intensity was determined by detailed observations of 67 females, balanced in terms of age and breed (37 heifers and 30 first-parity cows; 32 Swedish Red cows and 35 Swedish Holsteins). Animals were inseminated with semen of proven quality on the day of detected oestrus. Pregnancy was diagnosed on day 50 by trans-rectal palpation. More heifers than cows exhibited a strong standing oestrus (46 vs. 10%, Pandlt;0.05). The pregnancy rate at day 50 was higher among heifers than cows (72 vs. 37%. Pandlt;0.01), as well as the calving rate (64 vs. 33%, Pandlt;0.05). Standing oestrus was associated with 4.6 to 4.8-fold higher odds of pregnancy and calving, compared to weaker or solely secondary oestrous signs. Lameness decreased the odds of pregnancy 5.1 times and of calving 3.5 times, but no significant association between lameness and oestrus intensity was found. In conclusion, intensive oestrus signalling and non-lameness relate to high reproductive performance in high-producing dairy cattle.Original Publication: Emanuel Garcia, Jan Hultgren, Pontus Fallman, Johanna Geust, Bo Algers, George Stilwell, Stefan Gunnarsson and Heriberto Rodriguez-Martinez, Oestrous intensity is positively associated with reproductive outcome in high-producing dairy cows, 2011, Livestock Science, (139), 3, 191-195. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.livsci.2011.01.004 Copyright: Elsevier http://www.elsevier.com

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Associations of sole ulcer at claw trimming with reproductive performance, udder health, milk yield, and culling in Swedish dairy cattle

Cited by 68 publications

References 53 publications

Influence of digital dermatitis and sole ulcer on dairy cow behaviour and milk production

Influence of digital dermatitis and sole ulcer on dairy cow behaviour and milk production

Associations between hoof lesions and locomotion score in 1098 unsound dairy cows

Oestrous intensity is positively associated with reproductive outcome in high-producing dairy cows

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