Dairy cattle welfare in India: A review

Kumar, Chiranjeev; Kamboj, M. L.; Chandra, Subhash; Kumar, Amit

doi:10.18805/ajdfr.v36i02.7950

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“…We also found that respondents with high producing cows and a large herd had higher knowledge scores compared to those with low-yield cows and small herds, respectively. This finding is in agreement with that of Kumar et al [21] whereby farmers' knowledge of DCW increased with their farm's milk production. Accordingly, farmers or personnel involved in the management of large and intensive herds may be more exposed to welfarerelated diseases or disorders such as mastitis and lameness.…”

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Understanding the Awareness, Knowledge, and Opinion of Dairy Cattle Welfare among Dairy Farmers in Keningau, Sabah

Sadiq

Song-Lin

Ramanoon

et al. 2021

Animals

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This study aimed to assess the knowledge and opinions about DCW among dairy cattle farmers in Keningau, Sabah. A questionnaire was developed, validated, and administered by hand to 30 farmers. The data collected include farmers’ and farm demographics, and opinions regarding the criteria and indicators of DCW. Only 17 respondents (57%) had heard of “dairy cattle welfare” before this study. Nine farmers (30.0%) had poor knowledge about DCW criteria, whereas 13 (43.7%) and 8 (26.7%) farmers had satisfactory and good knowledge, respectively. Farmers with higher education, larger herd size, high production level, and exotic cattle breeds showed a better understanding. Farmers understood most of the indicators; however, opinions regarding cattle behavior during milking, their physical appearance and their lying down behaviour need to be improved. Nevertheless, 28 respondents ranked their animals’ welfare as either good or satisfactory, which further reflects a poor implementation of DCW measures. The main factors suggested by farmers to influence DCW in their herds were facilities, worker issues, management practices, and animal well-being. In conclusion, guidance from veterinarians and animal welfare specialists may be needed to improve the farmers’ understanding and practices of DCW.

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Understanding the Awareness, Knowledge, and Opinion of Dairy Cattle Welfare among Dairy Farmers in Keningau, Sabah

Sadiq

Song-Lin

Ramanoon

et al. 2021

Animals

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“…The present study is well supported by the study conducted by Kielland et al (2009) who reported more risk factor related to prevalence of skin lesion of the Norwegian dairy cattle kept on harder free stall base in compare to the soft free stall base housing system. Similarly, Kumar et al (2017) also reported that the prevalence of hock lesions in dairy farms was as high as 50 percent. Skin lesions, primarily the hock lesion are good indicator of poor welfare due to less comfort to the animals.…”

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Effect of floor on welfare of lactating cows in small farms of Sirajgonj district, Bangladesh

Islam

Shanta

Lima

et al. 2020

Res. Agric. Livest. Fish.

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Animal welfare is a relatively new topic and there is a dearth of the report regarding the welfare assessment of dairy cattle in Bangladesh. Therefore, the present study was carried out to assess the effect of floor surface of the dairy sheds on mastitis, skin lesions, cleanliness of body and lameness of lactating cow in smallholders’ production system. To conduct this study, 5 soil type floor, 5 brick paved and 5 concrete floors of small holder dairy units were selected in Sirajgonj district. From each shed, 5 numbers of dairy cows were selected preferably in the first lactation stage. A total 75 milk samples from three different types of the shed were tested for subclinical mastitis using a California mastitis test. The results showed that 40%, 28%, and 32% cows were CMT positive for subclinical mastitis in soil, brick made and concrete type floor, respectively. The prevalence of SCM was not significantly differences among the different types of floor (P>0.05). Cleanliness and hygienic status of the muddy soil type floor were found to be significantly poor in comparison to that of brick made and concrete type floor of dairy farms. The prevalence of skin lesions in different body parts was higher in brick made (62%) and concrete floor sheds (88%) compared to soil bedded (31%) floor. Hair loses in the concrete and brick made floor was significantly higher (P≤0.01) in comparison with the muddy soil floor. The overall prevalence of lameness of the brick made (72%) and concrete type floor was higher (65%) than that of soil bedded shed (48%). There was a significant difference of lameness between soil type and brick made floor of the shed (P>0.05). The study recommends that in order to reduce the high prevalence of subclinical mastitis, skin lesions and lameness in smallholder farmers require to improve floor conditions through regular cleaning of the floor or upgrade to the concrete floor using rubber mat. Res. Agric., Livest. Fish.7(1): 87-95, April 2020

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“…Animal welfare means how an animal is facing the conditions in which it lives; it is based on 'five freedoms' and 'four principles' of animal welfare. Dairy cattle are considered as sentient beings due to which husbandry should be provided as per their needs (Kumar, et al, 2017) which are influenced by factors such as temperature and relative humidity, management, nutrition and preventive medicine (Moberg, 1987;Belasco et al, 2015;Toušová et al, 2017). The productive efficiency of the animal can indicate its relationship with the production system in which it is managed; therefore, its analysis can provide a starting point for assessing welfare (Duncan, 1990).…”

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Design of an intra-ruminal wireless communication sensing system for measuring temperature and pH of cattle

García-Ramírez

Hernández-Beltrán

Domínguez-Mancera

et al. 2019

IJAR

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The present investigation was carried out with the objective to study the productive and reproductive performances of dairy cattle under organic farming systems. Total 24 medium to high yielding cattle has been selected for the study, out of which 12 were reared under organic management system and 12 under conventional management system. For cows maintained under organic management system, the animals were fed ad lib quality green fodder grown organically and limited quantity (1.5 to 2.0 kg/cows/day) of concentrate mixture. Production and reproduction performance of animals of both the groups were compared. The results revealed that the reproductive performance was better in cows maintained under organic production management system than their conventional counterparts. The study on milk quality in terms of composition revealed significantly (P less than 0.05) higher fat % of milk, while lower (P less than 0.05) protein % of milk for the cows maintained under organic system as compared to those under conventional system. It can be concluded that the organic management system of dairy cows can be beneficial as depicted by better reproductive efficiency of cows with higher fat % of the milk.

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Dairy cattle welfare in India: A review

Cited by 10 publications

References 49 publications

Understanding the Awareness, Knowledge, and Opinion of Dairy Cattle Welfare among Dairy Farmers in Keningau, Sabah

Understanding the Awareness, Knowledge, and Opinion of Dairy Cattle Welfare among Dairy Farmers in Keningau, Sabah

Effect of floor on welfare of lactating cows in small farms of Sirajgonj district, Bangladesh

Design of an intra-ruminal wireless communication sensing system for measuring temperature and pH of cattle

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