Influence of some environmental factors on body condition score and somatic cell count in Czech Holstein cows

Stádník, Luděk; Atasever, Savaş

doi:10.18805/ijar.5921

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“…Body conditions of the cows were scored by the only one technician using a 1-5-point scale (Stadnik and Atasever, 2015). Emaciated cow were scored 1; thin cows 2; average cows 3; fat cows 4 and obese cows 5.…”

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Effects of body condition score and daily milk yield on reproduction traits of Czech Fleckvieh cows

Stádník¹,

Atasever²,

Ducháček³

2017

Anim Reprod

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The objective of this study was to evaluate the effects of body condition score (BCS) and daily milk yield (DMY) on reproductive characteristics of dairy cows. A total of 1249 records of Czech Fleckvieh cows raised at a private farm in Prague were enrolled. Dairy cows were grouped according to BCS (1 = ≤3.75, 2 = 4-4.25 and 3 = ≥ 4.50) and DMY groups (<20kg, 20-30 kg and >30kg). Number of inseminations per pregnancy (NI), days open (DO), service period (SP) and ovarian cyst (OC) cases were evaluated as reproduction characteristics. While the group with BCS ≥4.50 presented higher DO, the group with BCS ≤ 3.75 had lower OC cases when compared with other BCS groups. The group with DMY ˂20 kg had higher DO but lower OC cases than other DMY groups. Significant correlations were estimated between SP and NI (r = 0.843) or DO (r = 0.256), and between OC and DO (r = 0.546). The results revealed the effects of BCS and DMY on DO and OC and associations of reproduction traits each other. Therefore, close tracking production and reproduction data is suggested as a major process to prevent fertility problems and to obtain high productivity in dairy cows.

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Effects of body condition score and daily milk yield on reproduction traits of Czech Fleckvieh cows

Stádník¹,

Atasever²,

Ducháček³

2017

Anim Reprod

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“…To validate data regarding milk yield per animal, farms were visited during the time of milking. Body condition scores were assessed by using the following characteristics: the amount of muscling and fat deposition over and around the vertebrae in the loin region of the cows (Stádník & Atasever, 2015). The score was scaled from 1 to 5 (1 = emaciated; 2 = thin; 3 = average; 4 = fatty; and 5 = obese cows).…”

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Seroprevalence and risk factors for bovine brucellosis in the Chittagong Metropolitan Area of Bangladesh

Islam

Barua

Moni

et al. 2020

Veterinary Medicine & Sci

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Brucellosis is a neglected endemic zoonosis in Bangladesh and has a significant impact on public health and animal welfare of dairy farming as well as dairy farm economics. A cross‐sectional study was conducted to evaluate the seroprevalence of and risk factors for brucellosis in dairy cattle in the Chittagong metropolitan area (CMA) of Chittagong, Bangladesh. We collected serum samples (n = 158) from six randomly selected dairy farms in the CMA between February and November, 2015. The Rose Bengal Plate Test (RBPT) and a competitive ELISA (cELISA) were used as the screening and confirmatory tests respectively. Farm level and animal level demographic and risk factor data were collected using a questionnaire. The risk factors were analysed using a multivariable logistic regression with random effects. The overall seroprevalences of antibodies against brucellosis in cattle were 21.5% (34/158) and 7.6% (12/158) based on parallel and serial interpretation of the two tests respectively. Our results revealed that 20.3% (32/158) samples were positive using the RBPT and 8.9% (14/158) were positive using the cELISA. The within‐herd seroprevalence ranged from 10% to 26.3% and 5 to 20.7% using the RBPT and cELISA tests respectively. The odds of seropositivity were significantly higher in lactating cows (OR: 2.59; 95% CI: 1.02–6.55), cows producing less than 2 litres of milk (OR: 29.6; 95% CI: 4.3–353.8), cow producing 2–12 litres of milk (OR: 4.8; 95% CI: 1.1–33.4) and cows with reproductive disorders (OR: 3.2; 95% CI: 1.2–10.1). About 7.6% (12/158) and 1.3% (2/158) of cattle were found to be infected with acute and chronic brucellosis respectively. Based on these results, we suggest that cows that have reproductive disorders and are producing little milk should be prioritized for brucellosis screening in CMA. The screening tests should be used to control brucellosis in cattle in order to protect animal welfare, human health and to minimize the economic losses.

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“…To assess milk quality, percentages of basic milk components such as fat (F), protein (P) and lactose (L) are commonly used (Yoon et al, 2004;Yang et al, 2013). Many researchers have informed the correlations of these parameters with milk production levels (Yoon et al, 2004;Stadnik and Atasever, 2015;Mikone Jonas et al, 2016). According to cattle breeds, routinely observing the acceptable percentages of the contents are advised to dairy owners.…”

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Effect of premilking teat sanitation on milk composition, somatic cell count and test day milk yield in Holstein cows

Jónás¹,

Atasever²,

Havranek³

2017

IJAR

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The objective of the present study was to determine the efficacy of premilking teat sanitation applications on milk composition, somatic cell count (SCC) and test day milk yield (TDMY) in Holstein cows. The research was conducted in two private farms located in Hódmezõvásárhely, South- Hungary. In the first trial, only water and drying application (WD) was practiced to 791 cows and in the second trial, disinfectant solution and drying application (DD) was performed to 1418 cows. Fat (F), protein (P) and lactose (L) were tested as the milk parameters and SCC and TDMY records were also evaluated. To investigate the effects of non-genetic factors on the parameters, four parity and three days in milk groups were designed. L, SCC and TDMY were affected by parity in both applications, and P affected by DD (P less than 0.01). All traits were affected by DIM in both applications (P less than 0.05 or P less than 0.01). While positive correlations were estimated between F and P; F and SCC; P and SCC; L and TDMY; the negative correlations were determined between F and L; F and TDMY; P and L; P and TDMY; L and SCC; SCC and TDMY. The means of F, P and SCC were higher in DD, but L and TDMY were higher in WD (P less than 0.05). The study revealed that cleaning the udder using plenty of water and drying the teats with clean clothes are suggested to dairy owners as a preferential premilking application to obtain high quality milk

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Influence of some environmental factors on body condition score and somatic cell count in Czech Holstein cows

Cited by 5 publications

References 13 publications

Effects of body condition score and daily milk yield on reproduction traits of Czech Fleckvieh cows

Effects of body condition score and daily milk yield on reproduction traits of Czech Fleckvieh cows

Seroprevalence and risk factors for bovine brucellosis in the Chittagong Metropolitan Area of Bangladesh

Effect of premilking teat sanitation on milk composition, somatic cell count and test day milk yield in Holstein cows

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