Behavioural and physiological responses of heifer calves to acute stressors: Long-term consistency and relationship with adult reactivity to milking

Reenen, C.G. van; Werf, J.T.N. van der; O’Connell, Niamh; Heutinck, L.F.M.; Spoolder, Hans; Jones, Robert B.; Koolhaas, Jaap M.; Blokhuis, H.J.

doi:10.1016/j.applanim.2013.04.020

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“…Like in other species, exposure to potentially threatening situations provokes stress responses in fish. The open-field test commonly used in mammals (Boissy and Bouissou, 1995;Pare, 1994;Sarkisova and Kulikov, 1994;Sudakov et al, 2013;Van Reenen et al, 2013) has its equivalent in fish with the novel-tank diving test (Champagne et al, 2010;Rouger et al, 1998;Steele, 1983). For example, isolated zebrafish exhibit freezing behavior, reduced exploration and erratic movements which are considered as anxiety-related patterns (Egan et al, 2009).…”

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“…Having said so, in general has cows that vocalizate more been suggested to have a stronger response to the stress caused by social isolation (see references in Watts et al, 2001;van Reenen et al, 2004), which in turn may describe variation in sociality in the cows (e.g. van Reenen et al, 2013). The behavioral responses used thus still may describe variation in stress-related responses.…”

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“…However, later during lactation this pattern became non-significant (Kovalcikova and Kovalcik 1982;van Reenen et al, 2013 Inconsistencies among results of different studies can at least partly be due to methodological differences and comparison of different traits (both milk and behavioral traits), together with variation in handling, breed, age and other influences affecting behavioral responses, how consistent these responses actually are and/or milk production. Nevertheless, when trying to draw more general conclusion across patterns observed among behavior and milk production across a broad range of studies, increased nervousness or fearfulness (definitions and descriptions of responses vary among studies) is more often associate negatively with milk production, than positively in these studies (e.g.…”

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“…This suggests that behaviors used to describe variation in personality did not form a behavioral syndrome (Sih et al, 2004), but instead describe variation among individuals for different personality traits (e.g. Müller and Schrader 2005;Gibbons et al, 2009;van Reenen et al, 2013;MacKey et al, 2014). Taken together, this indicates that variation in no single personality trait describes variation in nervousness in cattle.…”

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Personality and production: Nervous cows produce less milk

Hedlund

Løvlie

2015

Journal of Dairy Science

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Summary: We investigated the relationship between variation in animal personality and production traits in dairy cows. Behaviors were scored during milking, in response to novel object and social separation. We demonstrate that cows that step more during milking, or that respond stronger to social separation have lower milk production. These results are of interest to researchers in animal personality, animal production and welfare, and may have implications for improvement of milk production and welfare of dairy cows. ABSTRACTThe objective of this study was to investigate relationships between animal personality (i.e. consistency in behavioral responses, also called temperament) and milk production in dairy cows. There has recently been a growing research interest in animal personality, which in production animals can have important impact on welfare and production potential. Despite this, the relationship between personality and milk production in dairy cows remains unclear.Here we investigate links between behavioral responses during milking and in personality tests (responses to novel object and social isolation) with milk production in two breeds of dairy cattle, Swedish red and white cattle (SRB) and Holstein. The milk production parameters investigated were ECM (Energy Corrected Milk in kg) for the cows' first lactation, and ECM for their current lactation. Overall, cows that stepped more during milking, or spent more time facing the herd during social isolation produced less milk in their first lactation. Cows that vocalized more during isolation had a lower current milk production.Variation in other behavioral responses showed limited relationships with milk production.Taken together, our results support a relationship between behavioral responses and milk production, where cows showing signs of nervousness produce less milk. However, observed relationships are dependent on the milk measure utilized, behavior and breed investigated, supporting that the relationship between behavior and production traits is not straight forward.

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“…Así, las concentraciones plasmáticas de cortisol, junto a las mediciones de glucosa y CPK, han sido usadas como confiables indicadores de estrés físico agudo y estrés emocional; este último, causado por el ruido durante la carga y descarga, la vibración del vehículo durante el transporte del ganado y los cambios en la estructura social 17 .…”

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Indicadores de bienestar en bovinos del trópico: una visión desde el estrés y el eje hipotalámico pituitario adrenal

Sierra

2019

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Resumen Sierra, C.A.: Indicadores de bienestar en bovinos del trópico: una visión desde el estrés y el eje hipotalámico-pituitario-adrenal. Rev. Vet. 30: 2, XX-XX, 2019. La presente revisión bibliográfica tuvo como objetivo recopilar información relevante sobre la activación del eje hipotálamo-pituitario-adrenal durante períodos de estrés en ganado bovino y su impacto en la producción, mediante distintas mediciones consignadas en la literatura. Ello incluyó biomarcadores sanguíneos y comportamentales, como el cortisol que a pesar de su variabilidad y corta vida media, aún conserva bastante validez. La metodología utilizada incluyó la revisión de diversas fuentes y bases de datos en idioma ingles y español, que van desde Scielo, Pubmed, Google Académico y otras como Epsco y Sci Verse. Los criterios fueron determinados por las palabras claves que hayan contenido estrés térmico en bovinos y su impacto en la producción a nivel de los trópicos, además de su relación con el bienestar animal.Palabras clave: bovino, eje hipotálamo-pituitario-adrenal, marcadores de estrés. Rev. Vet. 30: 2, XX-XX, 2019. Aim of this review was to gather relevant information about the activation of the hypothalamus-pituitaryadrenal axis during stress periods in cattle, and its impact on production through different measures available in the literature. This includes blood and behavior biomarkers, such as cortisol, which despite its short life is still quite valid. Metodology included the review of several sources and english and spanish database such as Scielo, Pubmed, Google Academic and others (Epsco and Sci Verse). Selection criteria included key words that contained thermal stress in bovines and its impact on production in tropical regions, as well as its relationship with animal welfare. Abstract Sierra, C.A.: Indicators of well-being in tropical bovine: a vision from stress and the hypothalamus-pituitary-adrenal axis.

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Behavioural and physiological responses of heifer calves to acute stressors: Long-term consistency and relationship with adult reactivity to milking

Cited by 30 publications

References 71 publications

Welfare assessment of rainbow trout reared in a Recirculating Aquaculture System: Comparison with a Flow-Through System

Welfare assessment of rainbow trout reared in a Recirculating Aquaculture System: Comparison with a Flow-Through System

Personality and production: Nervous cows produce less milk

Indicadores de bienestar en bovinos del trópico: una visión desde el estrés y el eje hipotalámico pituitario adrenal

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