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Welfare quality applied to the Brazilian dairy cattle
Guilherme Amorim Franchi,
Paulo Rogério Garcia,
et al.
| Due to the necessity of establishing animal welfare standards for the Brazilian dairy sector in harmony to the new consumer’s requirements and legislation, it was drawn up the project Welfare...
Published in 01 April 2014
Meta-analysis of the effect of feeding live yeast (Saccharomyces cerevisiae) on feeding behaviour and lactation performance, rumen fermentation, and rumen microbiota in dairy cattle
Jean Bosco Nzeyimana,
Caiyun Fan,
et al.
| The objective of this meta-analysis was to analyze the effect of feeding live yeast ( Saccharomyces cerevisiae ) on feed intake (FI), lactation performance (LP), rumen fermentation (RF),...
Published in 29 September 2023
Manual of good practices for welfare: a proposal for dairy cattle on pasture in Brazil
Ana Luiza Mendonça Pinto,
Fernanda Victor Rodrigues Vieira,
et al.
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Debate on ethics in animal production started in 1960s. Since that time, discussion on animal welfare (AW) has taken large proportions, where laws and specific rules were...
Published in 30 October 2013
Analysis of convective heat transfer in dairy cattle via computational fluid dynamics
Andressa Carvalho de Sousa,
José Antonio Delfino Barbosa Filho,
et al.
| This study aimed to evaluate convective heat transfer in dairy cattle during grazing in a tropical climate region through computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulations. Furthermore, this study...
Published in 12 December 2024
Heat stress effects on the lactation performance, reproduction, and alleviating nutritional strategies in dairy cattle, a review
Jean Bosco Nzeyimana,
Caiyun Fan,
et al.
| Heat stress response in dairy cattle affects milk production, quality, body temperature, and other parameters. Dairy cows will most likely experience increased heat stress with unabated global...
Published in 17 June 2023
Animal welfare on Argentinean dairy farms based on the Welfare Quality® protocol framework
Belen Lazzarini,
Pol Llonch,
et al.
| Animal welfare is a multidimensional concept that comprises animal health, mental state and natural living conditions and plays an essential role in dairy production. On dairy farms, animal...
Published in 08 March 2024
Thermal comfort index for dairy cattle in different micro-regions of the Paraíba state, Brazil
Bonifácio Benicio de Souza ,
Gustavo de Assis Silva ,
et al.
| The objective of this work to make a study of thermal comfort index in six regions of the state of Paraiba and thereby identify which region has better thermal comfort condition for dairy...
Published in 28 August 2024
Study on the major welfare problems of dairy cows from the Galicia region (NW Spain)
Ana Bugueiro,
Francisco Javier Diéguez,
et al.
| The aim of the present paper was to evaluate the dairy cattle welfare in a population from the Galicia region (NW Spain) according to the Welfare Quality ® protocol guidelines....
Published in 01 July 2018
Bioclimatic diagnosis for dairy cattle breeding in João Pessoa, Brazil
Patrícia Venâncio da Silva Medeiros,
Fabrício Macêdo Furtado,
et al.
| One of the environmental elements that have a more pronounced effect on animal welfare is the climate, and as a result, negatively impacts productive performance and is considered a regulating...
Published in 01 October 2019
Effect of calf birth weight on milk production of Holstein dairy cattle in desert climate
Rabie Rahbar ,
Rohullah Abdullahpour,
et al.
| The hypothesis in this study was that calf birth weight (CBW) would effect on cow's milk production. Data were collected from two commercial dairy milking 15,000 Holsteins in central region of...
Published in 28 August 2024
Genetic and phenotypic trends of fertility traits for Holstein dairy population in warm and temperate climate
Rabie Rahbar ,
Mehdi Aminafshar ,
et al.
| The main objective of this study was to investigate genetic and phenotypic trends for fertility traits in Holstein dairy population under warm and temperate climate. Fertility traits were:...
Published in 28 August 2024
Brown Swiss cows are more heat resistant than Holstein cows under hot summer conditions of the continental climate of Ukraine
Roman Mylostyvyi,
Olena Lesnovskay,
et al.
| Finding livestock breeds that are resistant to high temperatures may be one of the strategies for mitigating the impact of global climate change on dairy farming. In this investigation, we...
Published in 31 July 2021
Implementation of the Welfare Quality® protocol in dairy farms raised on extensive, semi-intensive and intensive systems in Costa Rica
Adalinda Hernández,
Sandra Estrada König,
et al.
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Most developing countries are situated in non-extreme climates; this characteristic facilitates outdoor farming the whole year around and animals are kept at pasture most...
Published in 31 October 2017
Physical and environmental characteristics of the compost barn system and its effects on the physical integrity, reproduction and milk production of dairy cattle: a scoping review
Giovane Debs Guesine,
Robson Mateus Freitas Silveira,
et al.
| Compost barn (CB), although recent in Brazil, is increasingly gaining popularity among the intensive breeding systems in the dairy sector. This system promises to offer several advantages to...
Published in 10 April 2023
Influence of macro-and microclimatic conditions on thermal comfort of dairy cows
Martieli Regina Tosetto,
Ana Paula de Assis Maia,
et al.
| The goal was to assess the influence of thermal environment on thermal comfort of 15 multiparous lactating Holstein cows. Thermal comfort of the cows in the barn was assessed from the changes in...
Published in 01 January 2014
Feeding behavior of beef cattle fed different forages and housed in individual or collective pens
Somerahally Basavaraju Prasanna,
Rasbehari Bhar ,
et al.
| The understanding of feeding behavior may be useful to evaluate the performance of animals fed different diets. Twenty-four non-castrated Red Norte × Nelore males with an average initial body...
Published in 31 January 2017
Elevated temperature-humidity index induces physiological, blood and milk alterations in Holstein cows in a more pronounced manner than in ½ and ¾ Holstein × Gir
Marcelo Tempel Stumpf,
Giovani Jacob Kolling,
et al.
| Bos taurus taurus and Bos taurus indicus cattle subspecies present different capabilities in coping with situations of elevated temperatures, the latter being more tolerant to...
Published in 10 September 2021
Polymorphisms within the IGF1 and IGF1R genes associated with superovulation-related traits in Holstein dairy cows managed in a semiarid environment
Adriana Rodríguez-Borbón,
Juan F. Medrano,
et al.
| Embryo transfer (ET) is an artificial reproductive technology used for the genetic improvement of cattle. High variation has been observed in superovulation (SPO) and embryo flush recovery,...
Published in 03 October 2023
Effect of different rearing condition on early age in the maze, open-field, and aversive behaviours in the dairy cow during the first lactation
Jan Broucek,
Michal Uhrincat,
et al.
| The aim of the study was to tested hypotheses that the primiparous cow’s behaviour is impacted by the method of rearing from the second day of life to weaning. 53 Holstein primiparous cows were...
Published in 01 February 2021
Effects of an injectable mineral supplement on physiological responses and milk production of heat-stressed Holstein cows
Andrea D. del Río Avilés,
Abelardo Correa-Calderón,
et al.
| Summer heat stress in northwest Mexico compromises the physiological thermoregulation capacity and productive performance of lactating Holstein cows, and supplementation of minerals appears to...
Published in 20 September 2021
Using infrared thermography to measure the body surface temperature of crossbred cows and calves in the semi-arid region of Minas Gerais, Brazil
Cinara da Cunha Siqueira Carvalho,
Ananda Cordeiro de Souza,
et al.
| This study aimed to evaluate the body surface temperature of crossbreed cows and calves managed in the semi-arid region of Minas Gerais (Brazil), using the infrared thermography technique. The...
Published in 29 May 2019
Effect of raising method of calves during liquid milk nutrition on their open-field and maze behaviour after weaning
Jan Broucek,
Michal Uhrincat,
et al.
| The objective was to find whether calf behaviour is affected by it rearing to weaning in 84 days, gender, and the sire lineage. 99 Holstein calves were assigned to 1 of 3 treatments:...
Published in 17 November 2020
Injury scores and locomotor disorders of Holstein cows in a free-stall facility with different beds
Daiane Cecchin ,
Alessandro Torres Campos ,
et al.
| The aim of the present study was to evaluate hock and knee injuries and locomotor disorders in 36 multiparous Holstein cows confined in a free-stall model system with two types of beds at...
Published in 28 August 2024
Effect of rearing, season of birth, and father on labyrinth behaviour of dairy heifers
Michal Uhrincat,
Jan Broucek,
et al.
| Objective of this study was to test the hypotheses that heifer's behaviour after 12 months (M) are impacted by rearing (feeding/housing) before weaning, seasons of birth, and father lineage....
Published in 07 January 2022
Feeding frequencies and their effect on behavior of nursing sows
Somerahally Basavaraju Prasanna ,
Rasbehari Bhar ,
et al.
| The understanding of feeding behavior may be useful to evaluate the performance of animals fed different diets. Twenty-four non-castrated Red Norte × Nelore males with an average initial body...
Published in 31 January 2017