Dam-related effects on heart girth at birth, morbidity and growth rate from birth to 90 days of age in Swedish dairy calves

Lundborg, G.K.; Oltenacu, P.A.; Maizon, Daniel Omar; Svensson, Ellinor; Liberg, Per

doi:10.1016/s0167-5877(03)00106-5

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“…Decreased growth rates have earlier been shown to be related to high incidences of pneumonia and diarrhoea (Kleiner et al, 1982;Lundborg et al, 2003). In the present data, however, we found no effect of the prevalence of diarrhoea or respiratory disease on growth rate within groups.…”

Section: Discussioncontrasting

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How milk-fed dairy calves perform in stable versus dynamic groups

Pedersen¹,

Sørensen

Skjøth³

et al. 2009

Livestock Science

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Section: Discussioncontrasting

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How milk-fed dairy calves perform in stable versus dynamic groups

Pedersen¹,

Sørensen

Skjøth³

et al. 2009

Livestock Science

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“…Furthermore, when applying high feed levels, e.g. by automatic milk-feeding, a negative association between size at birth and growth rate during the first months of life has been reported (Lundborg et al, 2003;Svensson and Liberg, 2006). This implies that in the smallest calves, which have suffered from IUGR, a compensatory growth or 'catch-up growth' is seen, which is further accentuated when high milk regimes are applied.…”

Section: Catch-up Growth Adiposity and Fertilitymentioning

confidence: 99%

Prenatal programming of later performance in dairy cattle

Eetvelde¹,

Opsomer²

2020

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BSTRACTPrenatal programming refers to the fact that insults during pre-and early postnatal life can have long-term consequences on the health and performance. In diary cattle, physiological conditions, such as maternal body growth, milk yield and parity, and environmental conditions during gestation can create a suboptimal environment for the developing fetus. As a consequence, adaptations of the placental and newborn phenotype take place. In addition, potential long-term effects of prenatal programming influence body growth, fertility, milk yield and longevity in dairy cows. These results suggest that the current management systems may pose a risk for the long-term health and performance of dairy cattle. Hence, in management practices, all pre-and postnatal aspects should carefully be considered in order to raise healthier and more productive dairy cows. SAMENVATTINGPrenatale programmering verwijst naar het feit dat invloeden tijdens het pre-en vroeg-postnatale leven gevolgen kunnen hebben voor de gezondheid en de prestaties op lange termijn. Fysiologische processen bij melkvee, zoals maternale groei, melkgift en pariteit, en omgevingsinvloeden tijdens de dracht kunnen een suboptimale omgeving creëren voor de zich ontwikkelende foetus. Deze resulteren in fenotypische aanpassingen van de placenta en van het pasgeboren kalf. Bovendien kan prenatale programmering op lange termijn een effect hebben op de groei, de vruchtbaarheid, de melkgift en de levensduur van melkkoeien. Deze resultaten suggereren dat de huidige managementsystemen een risico kunnen vormen voor de gezondheid en prestaties van melkvee op lange termijn. Daarom moeten de managementpraktijken alle pre-en postnatale aspecten zorgvuldig in overweging nemen om gezondere en productievere melkkoeien te fokken. A Prenatal programming of later performance in dairy cattlePrenatale programmering van latere prestaties bij melkvee M. Van Eetvelde, G. OpsomerMieke.Vaneetvelde@ugent.be Vlaams Diergeneeskundig Tijdschrift, 2020, 89 Continuing education 53

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“…A good growth rate of beef calves is essential for an efficient beef production. Various factors contributing for the differences of growth among individuals have been revealed over the years, including gender (Krupa et al, 2005;Toušová et al, 2014) and breed (Lundborg et al, 2003;Krupa et al, 2005) to diseases . Also various management practices, e.g.…”

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“…The dams of the beef calves have an important role on the health and subsequently growth of the calves, as the dams are the main source of nutrition and care for the beef calves. However, at least the age and breed (Krupa et al, 2005) or parity of the dam (Lundborg et al, 2003;Murray et al, 2014) have shown associations with the average daily gain of beef or dairy calves. More direct association was recorded for getting adequate amount of colostrum, lower diseases incidence and daily weight gain (Dewell et al, 2006;Furman-Fratczak et al, 2011).…”

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Health and growth of Finnish beef calves and the relation to acute phase response

Seppä-Lassila

Eerola²,

Orro

et al. 2017

Livestock Science

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A B S T R A C THealthy, thriving calves are essential for beef calf production. We studied the health status and factors associated with the growth of beef calves in six cow-calf herds during the first month of the calves' lives and at weaning age (200 days).The six herds were visited three times, when calves were approximately 3 days, 16 days and 30 days of age. On each visit calves (n=37) were clinically examined, weighed or measured, blood samples were collected, faecal samples obtained and deep nasopharyngeal swabs were taken. Each blood sample was analysed for acute phase proteins (haptoglobin, serum amyloid-A, fibrinogen), total proteins and albumin, the faecal sample for intestinal tract pathogens (rotavirus, bovine coronavirus, enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli and Salmonella, oocysts of Eimeria coccidia and Cryptosporidium, and nematode eggs), and the nasopharyngeal swab for respiratory tract pathogens (bovine coronavirus (BCV), respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), bacteria and mycoplasma).Clinical diagnosis of respiratory tract disease, diarrhoea or umbilical disease was set at 15.0% for all the three consecutive examinations combined (n=107), but only few pathogens were detected from the samples. The increased levels of acute phase proteins were neither associated with any of the diseases nor with the pathogens. Random intercept linear models were used to explore factors affecting early (3-30 days) and long-term (3-200 days) growth, showing that calves with elevated serum amyloid-A concentrations at the age of 16 days had lower long-term growth. Increased albumin concentration at 30 days of age and higher parity of the dam increased early-term growth. The lack of association between a disease and the acute phase protein may stem from the low disease prevalence in the beef calves examined. The measurement of acute phase proteins of a young calf can help identify animals with possible future growth deficiencies, although the mechanisms through which the association between acute phase proteins and growth has yet to be explained.

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Dam-related effects on heart girth at birth, morbidity and growth rate from birth to 90 days of age in Swedish dairy calves

Cited by 40 publications

References 32 publications

How milk-fed dairy calves perform in stable versus dynamic groups

How milk-fed dairy calves perform in stable versus dynamic groups

Prenatal programming of later performance in dairy cattle

Health and growth of Finnish beef calves and the relation to acute phase response

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