Assessment Of Dairy Cows’ Health Parameters In Relation To Welfare Quality And Rearing Season
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Ostojić Andrić, Dušica
Hristov, Slavča
Petrović M., Milan
Pantelić, Vlada

Nikšić, Dragan

Caro Petrović, Violeta

Petričević, Maja

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Due to actual global concerns for farm animal welfare and an also prominent
issue of climate change effect, this study was conducted in order to examine the expression
of dairy cows’ health parameters in two main seasons (winter and summer). Thirteen
health parameters classified into two main groups, injuries and diseases, were selected and
analysed according to their relevance for welfare provision by Welfare Quality®
Assessment Protocol for Dairy Cows (2009). According to the final calculation score (0100
points) parameters were descriptively categorized as unacceptable, acceptable,
enhanced or excellent in terms of welfare provision. Data were collected through clinical
scoring and veterinary reports available on a total of 16 dairy farms (N=4.833 cows). The
temperature ranges for winter and summer season in a given year were -4.2 to 7.2˚C and
19.3 to 27.4 ˚C respectively. Obtained welfare scores for injuries (41/100 points) and
diseases (59/100 points) showed that co...ws in both seasons were more prone to injuries
than to diseases. Estimated welfare condition for injuries was categorized as acceptable,
and for diseases as enhanced, indicating no severe risk for welfare was determined. No
significant differences for examined parameters were found between seasons with
exception of somewhat higher lameness frequency in the winter season (39% vs. 32%).
Frequencies of diseases were, in majority below alarm thresholds except for mastitis
(2.6%) and conjunctivitis (6.0%) in the summer season.
Keywords:
dairy cows / diseases / injuries / welfare / seasonSource:
Proceeding of International Symposium on Animal Science (ISAS), 2019Publisher:
- University of Novi Sad, Faculty of Agriculture
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RIStocarTY - CONF AU - Ostojić Andrić, Dušica AU - Hristov, Slavča AU - Petrović M., Milan AU - Pantelić, Vlada AU - Nikšić, Dragan AU - Caro Petrović, Violeta AU - Petričević, Maja PY - 2019 UR - http://r.istocar.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/662 AB - Due to actual global concerns for farm animal welfare and an also prominent issue of climate change effect, this study was conducted in order to examine the expression of dairy cows’ health parameters in two main seasons (winter and summer). Thirteen health parameters classified into two main groups, injuries and diseases, were selected and analysed according to their relevance for welfare provision by Welfare Quality® Assessment Protocol for Dairy Cows (2009). According to the final calculation score (0100 points) parameters were descriptively categorized as unacceptable, acceptable, enhanced or excellent in terms of welfare provision. Data were collected through clinical scoring and veterinary reports available on a total of 16 dairy farms (N=4.833 cows). The temperature ranges for winter and summer season in a given year were -4.2 to 7.2˚C and 19.3 to 27.4 ˚C respectively. Obtained welfare scores for injuries (41/100 points) and diseases (59/100 points) showed that cows in both seasons were more prone to injuries than to diseases. Estimated welfare condition for injuries was categorized as acceptable, and for diseases as enhanced, indicating no severe risk for welfare was determined. No significant differences for examined parameters were found between seasons with exception of somewhat higher lameness frequency in the winter season (39% vs. 32%). Frequencies of diseases were, in majority below alarm thresholds except for mastitis (2.6%) and conjunctivitis (6.0%) in the summer season. PB - University of Novi Sad, Faculty of Agriculture C3 - Proceeding of International Symposium on Animal Science (ISAS) T1 - Assessment Of Dairy Cows’ Health Parameters In Relation To Welfare Quality And Rearing Season UR - https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_ristocar_662 ER -
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Ostojić Andrić, D., Hristov, S., Petrović M., M., Pantelić, V., Nikšić, D., Caro Petrović, V.,& Petričević, M.. (2019). Assessment Of Dairy Cows’ Health Parameters In Relation To Welfare Quality And Rearing Season. in Proceeding of International Symposium on Animal Science (ISAS) University of Novi Sad, Faculty of Agriculture.. https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_ristocar_662
Ostojić Andrić D, Hristov S, Petrović M. M, Pantelić V, Nikšić D, Caro Petrović V, Petričević M. Assessment Of Dairy Cows’ Health Parameters In Relation To Welfare Quality And Rearing Season. in Proceeding of International Symposium on Animal Science (ISAS). 2019;. https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_ristocar_662 .
Ostojić Andrić, Dušica, Hristov, Slavča, Petrović M., Milan, Pantelić, Vlada, Nikšić, Dragan, Caro Petrović, Violeta, Petričević, Maja, "Assessment Of Dairy Cows’ Health Parameters In Relation To Welfare Quality And Rearing Season" in Proceeding of International Symposium on Animal Science (ISAS) (2019), https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_ristocar_662 .