The Effect of Housing System on Disease Prevalence and Productive Lifespan of Dairy Herds—A Case Study

Witkowska, D.; Ponieważ, Aneta

doi:10.3390/ani12131610

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“…Bovine respiratory disease (BRD) is one of the most significant causes of economic losses in dairy and beef cattle breeding worldwide. BRD is a polyetiological disease with viral and bacterial causes, to which environmental conditions and stress may contribute [ 1 , 2 ]. The disease is most prevalent in the fall and spring months [ 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 ].…”

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The Prevalence, Coexistence, and Correlations between Seven Pathogens Detected by a PCR Method from South-Western Poland Dairy Cattle Suffering from Bovine Respiratory Disease

Lachowicz-Wolak

Klimowicz-Bodys²,

Płoneczka-Janeczko³

et al. 2022

Microorganisms

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Bovine respiratory disease (BRD) is a very important disease that contributes to economic losses in dairy and beef cattle breeding worldwide. The molecular testing of material from 296 calves showing BRD symptoms from 74 dairy herds located in south-western Poland was performed in 2019–2021. Molecular tests were performed using a commercial kit “VetMAXTM Ruminant Respiratory Screening Kit” (Thermo Fisher Scientific) for the simultaneous detection of genetic material of seven pathogens responsible for BRD. At least one pathogen was detected in 95.95% of herds. The overall prevalence was: Pasteurella multocida 87.84%, Mannheimia haemolytica 44.59%, bovine coronavirus (BcoV) 32.43%, Mycoplasma bovis 29.73%, Histophilus somni 28.38%, bovine parainfluenza virus type 3 (BPIV-3) 13.51%, and bovine respiratory syncytial virus (BRSV) 10.81%. Twenty-nine configurations of pathogen occurrences were found. Bacterial infections were the most frequently recorded as 56.7% of all results. Coinfections mainly consisted of two pathogens. Not a single purely viral coinfection was detected. The most frequent result was a single P. multocida infection accounting for 18.31% of all results. The statistically significant correlation (p = 0.001) with the highest strength of effect (ϕ 0.38) was between M. bovis and H. somni.

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The Prevalence, Coexistence, and Correlations between Seven Pathogens Detected by a PCR Method from South-Western Poland Dairy Cattle Suffering from Bovine Respiratory Disease

Lachowicz-Wolak

Klimowicz-Bodys²,

Płoneczka-Janeczko³

et al. 2022

Microorganisms

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“…Among the features directly affecting cows, significant differences between tie-stall and freestall barns were found for laminitis, hoof problems and other health problems. The differences between tie-stall and freestall barns in terms of cow health were also noted by Witkowska and Ponieważ [ 74 ]; the variable of assessment was the prevalence of diseases, including mastitis. The prevalence of diseases in connection with the cow housing system was also noted by Simensen et al [ 75 ], indicating that the results of the observations depend on the number of cows in the herd.…”

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Comparison of Cattle Housing Systems Based on the Criterion of Damage to Barn Equipment and Construction Errors

Gaworski

Boćkowski²

2022

Animals

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Dairy cattle housing systems are the subject of numerous studies, in which a strong emphasis is placed on the comparison of animal welfare, animal behavior, production indicators and labor inputs. Dairy cattle housing systems are linked to specific livestock buildings, which is a prerequisite for undertaking studies comparing barns and their technical equipment. The aim of the study was to compare barns with two types of housing systems, i.e., tie-stall and freestall, including the identification of technical wear in various areas used by animals. This objective was linked to the assessment of animal health problems in livestock facilities. The research covered 38 dairy farms, 19 of which kept cows in the tie-stall system and 19 in the freestall system. The barns in these farms were examined for technical damage and construction errors, assessed in four areas: lying, feeding, milking and social. The research results confirmed significant differences in the degree of damage to technical equipment in individual areas of barns and between barns with tie-stall and freestall housing systems. The conclusions indicate the need to link the degradation of barns and their technical equipment, as well as design errors with the evaluation of dairy cattle welfare in future studies.

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“…The semi-intensive system was overrepresented (82% of the farms), and it could support the highest prevalence of DA in this housing system. The risk of DA was 13 times higher in intensively managed housed cows than in grazing herds because of restricted mobility and reduced ingestion of fiber (Witkowska & Ponieważ, 2022) Seventy-one cases (52.5%) of DA occurred in the first 2 weeks postpartum, and 114 cases (84.4%) occurred in the first month postpartum (Table 2). The majority of DAs occurred in Black and White Holstein-Friesian cows (127 cases, 94.07%).…”

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Occurrence of abomasal displacement in dairy cows from High-yielding dairy farms of Paraná State, Southern Brazil

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The present study aimed to verify the occurrence of displacement of the abomasum (DA) in dairy herds from a high-yielding dairy region of Southern Brazil. Data on breed, age, lactation number, days after calving, breeding system, number of animals, and number of lactating cows in the herd were obtained from 135 cases of DA. A total of 39 herds, and 6,454 cows, including 2,987 lactating cows from the municipality of Palmeira, Paraná State, were included in this study. The overall prevalence of DA was 2.09%, and occurrence of DA during lactation was 4.42%. Left displacement was more prevalent, with 94.07% of the cases. The mean number of lactations and age of the cows were 2.5±1.16 lactations and 50.9±18.5 months, respectively. DA occurred predominantly in the semi-intensive breeding system (68.1% of cases), during the first 4 weeks postpartum (84.4% of cases), in Black and White Holstein-Friesian cows (94.07% of cases), and during the winter (31.1% of cases). Cows with DA in high-yielding dairy farms in Southern Brazil were similar to cows from herds of high-milk-yielding regions of North America and Europe. Multiparous Black and White Holstein-Friesian cows showed the highest prevalence of DA during the transition period, mostly on the left side.

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The Effect of Housing System on Disease Prevalence and Productive Lifespan of Dairy Herds—A Case Study

Cited by 15 publications

References 40 publications

The Prevalence, Coexistence, and Correlations between Seven Pathogens Detected by a PCR Method from South-Western Poland Dairy Cattle Suffering from Bovine Respiratory Disease

The Prevalence, Coexistence, and Correlations between Seven Pathogens Detected by a PCR Method from South-Western Poland Dairy Cattle Suffering from Bovine Respiratory Disease

Comparison of Cattle Housing Systems Based on the Criterion of Damage to Barn Equipment and Construction Errors

Occurrence of abomasal displacement in dairy cows from High-yielding dairy farms of Paraná State, Southern Brazil

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