Effect of drinking water temperature on the haemoglobin, packed cell volume and body weight changes of crossbred dairy cattle at high altitude temperate region

Golher, D. M.; Thirumurugan, P.; Patel, B. H. M.; Upadhyay, Vipin

doi:10.56093/ijans.v88i2.79352

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“…Drinking water temperatures, especially in the winter months, are also an important aspect that affects animal performance. According to the literature, water should be kept in a specific temperature range (2-20 • C) in order to enhance the productivity of sheep [26][27][28]. It is strongly related to the animal's digestion performance, and under cold environmental conditions, heating of the drinking water may be necessary.…”

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Energy Conservation in a Livestock Building Combined with a Renewable Energy Heating System towards CO2 Emission Reduction: The Case Study of a Sheep Barn in North Greece

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Cold stress in sheep is usually overlooked, even though the animals’ welfare and productivity are affected by low temperatures. The aim of this research was to find out if and to what extent the temperature inside a sheep barn could be maintained within the range of the thermoneutral zone during winter, primarily to increase feed conversion and to reduce GHG emissions. For this reason, an automation system was installed at a sheep barn in northern Greece, and heat losses from the building were calculated. The biogas potential of the sheep barn waste was examined in the laboratory via the BMP method. The results showed that the installation of an automation system together with a hypothetical biogas heating system could maintain the barn’s temperature in the range of a sheep’s thermoneutral zone during winter for the 94% of the scenarios examined if the total energy of the biogas was utilized, while heating energy that was instantly and continuously used succeeded in 48% of the investigated cases. The surplus of energy produced by biogas could potentially raise the water temperature that animals drink up to 2.9 °C. The absence of cold stress decreases the dry matter intake and the CH4 produced by ruminal fermentation. Moreover, lower GHG emissions are achieved as waste is treated through anaerobic digestion, which would likely be released into the environment if left untreated.

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Energy Conservation in a Livestock Building Combined with a Renewable Energy Heating System towards CO2 Emission Reduction: The Case Study of a Sheep Barn in North Greece

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“…In the present study, we utilize compost heat to warm the water supplied to dairy cows. Warming drinking water to 35°C in the winter reportedly improves milk production (Golher et al, 2014; Kojima et al, 2019) and might improve the overall productivity of dairy cows. Kojima et al (2019) also considered that feeding warmed water reduces drinking time and increases drinking volume, thereby increasing milk production.…”

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Recovery and utilization of compost heat from an enclosed vertical‐type composting facility development of warmed water supply system using compost heat

Kojima

Nakakubo

Ishida

2022

Animal Science Journal

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This paper describes a compost heat utilization system that recovers the exhaust heat generated by an enclosed vertical-type composting facility (EVCF) installed in a dairy farm with 150 heads of dairy cows. The recovered exhaust heat warms the water supplied to dairy cows. This study determines the temperature of the supplied water and the heat utilization efficiency of the system. During operation, the EVCF generated a compost temperature of 60-70 C and an exhaust temperature of 60 C.The system provided warm (30 C) water throughout the day by raising the water temperature at night when the drinking water requirements were reduced and heat demand used for warming the water was low. Thermal energy generated 356% of the power consumption, and 49.3% of the generated energy was used for warming the water. The compost heat used to warm water was 2017 MJ d À1 , which was equivalent to 68.7 L d À1 of kerosene when the same amount of water was warmed in a boiler.

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Effect of drinking water temperature on the haemoglobin, packed cell volume and body weight changes of crossbred dairy cattle at high altitude temperate region

Cited by 2 publications

References 6 publications

Energy Conservation in a Livestock Building Combined with a Renewable Energy Heating System towards CO2 Emission Reduction: The Case Study of a Sheep Barn in North Greece

Energy Conservation in a Livestock Building Combined with a Renewable Energy Heating System towards CO2 Emission Reduction: The Case Study of a Sheep Barn in North Greece

Recovery and utilization of compost heat from an enclosed vertical‐type composting facility development of warmed water supply system using compost heat

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