The relationships between social behaviour of dairy cows and the occurrence of lameness in three herds

Galindo, Francisco; Broom, Donald M.

doi:10.1053/rvsc.2000.0391

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“…The major welfare problems of dairy cows are leg disorders and mastitis with reproductive disorders and behaviour restriction of somewhat less importance (W ebster 1993; Greenough and Weaver 1996;Galindo and Broom 2000). In high producing herds there are about 40 cases of leg disorders and lameness per 100 cows per annum.…”

Section: Metabolic Disease In Dairy Cowsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Effects of Disease on Farm Animal Welfare

Broom¹,

Corke²

2002

Acta Vet. Brno

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Broom D. M., M. J. Corke: Effects of Disease on Farm Animal Welfare. Acta Vet. Brno, 2002, 71: 133-136. Health is an important part of welfare and whenever an animal is diseased, welfare is poorer than when there is no disease. This point is often not recognised adequately by those studying animal welfare. Also, the full extent of the effects of clinically diagnosed disease on the welfare of the animal is seldom quantified. This quantification of the extent of poor welfare during disease is important for farm animals because of our general obligations to the animals. In order to fully evaluate the impact of housing conditions and management procedures on the animals and then decide what is acceptable, disease must be taken into account. One example of clinical disease conditions which are very significant causes of poor welfare concerns leg disorders such as tibial dyschondroplasia and femoral head necrosis in broiler chickens. A second example is the dairy cow in which the major welfare problems result from the various leg disorders and mastitis. A third example, in which there has been some quantification of effects on welfare, is sheep scab. For farm animals, other animals which we use, and for humans the evaluation of the extent of poor welfare during clinical disease is a major research area which needs to be developed. Health disease, welfare, broiler leg disorders, metabolic disease, sheep scab

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Section: Metabolic Disease In Dairy Cowsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Effects of Disease on Farm Animal Welfare

Broom¹,

Corke²

2002

Acta Vet. Brno

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“…Numerous risk factors for lameness in dairy cattle have been reported in the literature, including risk factors related to the external environment such as flooring surfaces and time spent standing (Galindo and Broom, 2000;Bergsten et al, 2015) as well as animalbased factors that might affect structure and function of the claw such as milk yield, BCS, and previous lameness events Randall et al, 2015). Low BCS and previous lameness are both risk factors for lameness that occur repeatedly over time and have been highlighted as important for lameness control (Hirst et al, 2002;Bicalho et al, 2009;Green et al, 2014;Randall et al, 2015Randall et al, , 2016.…”

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The contribution of previous lameness events and body condition score to the occurrence of lameness in dairy herds: A study of 2 herds

Randall

Green

et al. 2018

Journal of Dairy Science

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A note on versions:The version presented here may differ from the published version or from the version of record. If you wish to cite this item you are advised to consult the publisher's version. Please see the repository url above for details on accessing the published version and note that access may require a subscription. ABSTRACTIt has been demonstrated that low body condition and previous occurrence of lameness increase the risk of future lameness in dairy cows. To date the population attributable fraction (PAF), which provides an estimate of the contribution that a risk factor makes toward the total number of disease events in a population, has not been explored for lameness using longitudinal data with repeated measures. Estimation of PAF helps to identify control measures that could lead to the largest improvements on-farm. The aim of this study was to use longitudinal data to evaluate the proportion of lameness that could be avoided in 2 separate herds (2 populations) through (1) reduced recurrence of previous lameness events, (2) and moving body condition score (BCS) into more optimal ranges. Data were obtained from 2 UK dairy herds: herd A, a 200-cow herd with 8 yr of data from a total of 724 cows where lameness events were based on weekly locomotion scores (LS; 1 to 5 scale), and herd B, a 600-cow herd with data recorded over 44 mo from a total of 1,040 cows where treatment of clinical cases was used to identify lameness events. The PAF for categories of BCS were estimated using a closed equation appropriate for multiple exposure categories. Simulation models were used to explore theoretical scenarios to reflect changes in BCS and recurrence of previous lameness events in each herd. For herd A, 21.5% of the total risk periods (cowweeks) contained a lameness event (LS 3, 4, or 5), 96% of which were repeat events and 19% were recorded with BCS <2 (3 wk previously; 0 to 5 scale). When lameness events were based on 2 consecutive weeks of LS 4 or 5, 4% of risk periods were recorded as lame, of which 89.5% were repeat events. For herd B, 16.3% of the total risk periods (consecutive 30 d) contained a lameness event (72.6% were repeat events) and 20% were recorded with BCS ≤2 (0 to 120 d previously).The median PAF for all previous lameness was between 79 and 83% in the 2 herds. Between 9 and 21% of lameness events could be attributed to previous lameness occurring >16 wk before a risk period. The median PAF estimated for changes in BCS were in the region of 4 to 11%, depending on severity of lameness. Repeated bouts of lameness made a very large contribution to the total number of lameness events. This could either be because certain cows are initially susceptible and remain susceptible, due to the increased risk associated with previous lameness events, or due to interactions with environmental factors. This area requires further research.

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“…Earlier research by one of the present authors showed that highest yielding cows more often entered the parlour as one of the first ten or twenty cows compared to others (Neja et al, 2006). According to Galindo and Broom (2000), the order of entry into the milking parlour may be determined by actual daily milk yield, stage of reproductive cycle, and health status of the cows.…”

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The use of data mining techniques for analysing factors affecting cow reactivity during milking

Neja¹,

Piwczyński²,

Krężel-Czopek³

et al. 2017

JCEA

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Motor activity of 158 Polish Holstein-Friesian cows was evaluated 5 times (before and during milking in a DeLaval 2*10 milking parlour) for both the morning and evening milking, on a 5-point scale, according to the method of Budzyńska et al. (2007). The statistical analysis used multiple logistic regression and classification trees (Enterprise Miner 7.1 software which comes in with SAS package). In the evaluation of motor activity, cows that were among the first ten to enter the milking parlour were more often given a score of 3 points before (11.5%) and during milking (23.5%) compared to the other cows. Cows' activity tended to decrease (both before and during milking) with advancing lactation. The cows' reduced activity was accompanied by shorter teat cup attachment times and lower milk yields. The criteria calculated for the quality of models based on classification tree technique as well as logistic regression showed that similar variables were responsible for the reactivity of cows before milking (teat cup attachment time, day of lactation, number of lactation, side of the milking parlour) and during milking (day of lactation, side of the milking parlour, morning or evening milking, milk yield, number of lactation). At the same time, the applied methods showed that the determinants of the cow reactivity trait are highly complex. This complexity may be well explained using the classification tree technique.

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The relationships between social behaviour of dairy cows and the occurrence of lameness in three herds

Cited by 195 publications

References 10 publications

Effects of Disease on Farm Animal Welfare

Effects of Disease on Farm Animal Welfare

The contribution of previous lameness events and body condition score to the occurrence of lameness in dairy herds: A study of 2 herds

The use of data mining techniques for analysing factors affecting cow reactivity during milking

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