Risk factors for lameness in cubicle housed Austrian Simmental dairy cows

Dippel, Sabine; Dolezal, Marlies; Brenninkmeyer, Christine; Brinkmann, Jan; March, Solveig; Knierim, Ute; Winckler, Christoph

doi:10.1016/j.prevetmed.2009.03.014

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“…This suggests that free stalls expose cattle to adverse environmental conditions, which are important to the epidemiology of lameness (Cook and Nordlund, 2009). The prevalence of lameness varies in the studies made in different countries of the world, ranging from 20% (Espejo et al, 2006) to 48% (Dippel et al, 2009) for loose housing systems and from 1% to 21% in tied systems (Cook, 2003;Sogstad et al, 2005, Zurbrigg et al, 2005. In Romania data are available only for the lameness prevalence in tie-stall housing and it is similar with that obtained in this study (Popescu et al, 2010b).…”

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The Effect of the Housing System on the Welfare Quality of Dairy Cows

Popescu

Borda

Diugan

et al. 2014

Italian Journal of Animal Science

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The aim of this study was to assess the effect of the housing systems (loose vs tiestall) on the welfare of dairy cows and to test the hypothesis that dairy cows in loose housing systems have a better welfare quality than those kept in tie-stalls. Sixty commercial dairy farms (30 with loose and 30 with tie-stall housing system) were selected for evaluation, using mainly animal-based measures, as the applied Welfare Quality ® protocol allows it. A total number of 2624 milking cows were assessed in the winter period. There were significant differences between the two housing systems for the majority of the parameters within the four welfare principles. Significant differences were also found in terms of the mean scores of the welfare criteria and principles, with the majority pointing out the loose system as better. Based on the scores of the four principles, most of the farms with loose housing were classified as enhanced, while the majority of the tie-stall farms were acceptable. The results show that the welfare quality of dairy cows is greatly influenced by the housing system, and that the loose system is more advantageous when it comes to the feeding, housing and behaviour of the dairy cow.

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The Effect of the Housing System on the Welfare Quality of Dairy Cows

Popescu

Borda

Diugan

et al. 2014

Italian Journal of Animal Science

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“…We then used a backward selection approach to produce a final multivariable model with all variable P value ≤ 0.05. 17,18 We accounted for familial clustering with generalized estimating equations. 18,19 We also developed separate multivariable models of risk factors for Cryptosporidium in each town.…”

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Prevalence and Determinants of Cryptosporidium Infection in an Underdeveloped Rural Region of Southwestern China

Yang

Zhou

Cheng

et al. 2017

The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

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Abstract. Few studies have focused on the epidemiology of Cryptosporidium in resource-challenged settings in China. We report a community-based cross-sectional study to investigate the prevalence of Cryptosporidium infection and its risk factors and associations with hepatitis B virus (HBV), hepatitis C virus (HCV), and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infections. The prevalence of Cryptosporidium infection was 12.6% (95% confidence interval = 11.0-14.3). Individuals living in households with ≥ 5 family members and raising domestic pigs tended to have a greater risk of Cryptosporidium infection. In addition, Cryptosporidium infection was significantly associated with HBV infection. There were no significant associations of Cryptosporidium infection with HIV viral load and HBV viral load. Further studies are needed to determine the association of Cryptosporidium infection with HBV infection. BACKGROUND

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“…Soiling of the feeding passage and passageways was assessed following Dippel et al (2009) at the end of the farm visit at least 30 min after the last run of the scraper: a metal frame of 100 3 100 cm (1 m 2 ), divided into nine segments, was placed on the floor every 5 m, keeping a distance of 2 m from the walls. Each section of the frame was classified as dirty if more than 50% of the surface was covered with faeces or slurry.…”

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Effects of housing and management conditions on teat cleanliness of dairy cows in cubicle systems taking into account body dimensions of the cows

Plesch

Knierim

2012

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Dirty udders and teats result in a higher workload in terms of cleaning before milking and may constitute a risk for udder health. The aim of this prevalence study on 23 farms with very low within-farm variation in cubicle measures and other cubicle characteristics was to identify potentially influencing housing and management factors concerning teat and teat tip soiling. Information about udder soiling, housing and management was collected through direct recording and farmers' interviews. Height at withers, shoulder width and diagonal body length were measured in 79% to 100% of the cows in each herd. On the basis of the 25% largest animals, compliance with recommendations for cubicle measures was calculated, which was generally rather low. Stepwise regression was used to find predictors for the percentage of dirty teats and of dirty teat tips. The final model on dirty teats explained 58.5% of the variance and contained four factors (F 5 6.34, P 5 0.0023). Less soiled teats were found on farms that conducted teat dipping after milking (t 5 23.21, P 5 0.0048), had increased daily cubicle maintenance time ( t 5 22.58, P 5 0.0187), deep-bedded cubicles ( t 5 22.42, P 5 0.0265) and decreasing compliance concerning cubicle length ( t 5 2.33, P 5 0.0317). The final model on teat tip soiling explained 46.0% of the variance and contained three factors ( F 5 5.39, P 5 0.0075). Less soiled teat tips were associated with increasing height of bedding material ( t 5 22.89, P 5 0.0094) and decreasing compliance concerning resting length ( t 5 2.12, P 5 0.0470). Difficult to explain was the association found between increased passage soiling and decreased teat tip dirtiness ( t 5 21.86, P 5 0.0790). Thus, even under relatively restrictive cubicle conditions, a certain increase in teat and teat tip soiling was found with increasing cubicle length. However, at the same time, measures relating to good management may positively affect teat and teat tip cleanliness. In addition, deep-bedded cubicles yielded advantages in this regard. Both regression models for teat and teat tip cleanliness contained similar but not identical predictive variables. This indicates that dirtiness of each particular area may originate from slightly different though related causes. The low correlations found between udder, teat and teat tip cleanliness should be considered in future studies.

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Risk factors for lameness in cubicle housed Austrian Simmental dairy cows

Cited by 57 publications

References 34 publications

The Effect of the Housing System on the Welfare Quality of Dairy Cows

The Effect of the Housing System on the Welfare Quality of Dairy Cows

Prevalence and Determinants of Cryptosporidium Infection in an Underdeveloped Rural Region of Southwestern China

Effects of housing and management conditions on teat cleanliness of dairy cows in cubicle systems taking into account body dimensions of the cows

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