What we have lost: Mastitis resistance in Holstein Friesians and in a local cattle breed

Curone, Giulio; Filipe, Joel; Cremonesi, Paola; Trevisi, Erminio; Amadori, Massimo; Pollera, C.; Castiglioni, Bianca; Turin, Lauretta; Tedde, Vittorio; Vigo, D.; Moroni, P.; Minuti, Andrea; Bronzo, V.; Addis, Maria Filippa; Riva, Federica

doi:10.1016/j.rvsc.2017.11.020

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“…Our findings regarding comparable SCC levels in local and widely used Holstein breeds in both countries are supported by some studies (Horn et al, 2013;Piccand et al, 2013), while others reported lower SCC levels in local breeds (e.g. Curone et al, 2018;Bieber et al, 2019). A possible explanation for our findings is that management has a pronounced effect on SCC level (e.g.…”

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Comparison of performance and fitness traits in German Angler, Swedish Red and Swedish Polled with Holstein dairy cattle breeds under organic production

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Although the use of local breeds is recommended by organic regulations, breed comparisons performed under organic production conditions with similar production intensities are scarce. Therefore, we compared data of local and widely used Holstein dairy cattle breeds from 2011 to 2015 regarding production, fertility and health from German and Swedish organic farms with similar management intensities within country. In Germany, the energy-corrected total milk yield tended to be lower in the local breed Original Angler Cattle (AAZ, 5193 kg) compared to the modern German Holstein Friesian breed (HO, 5620 kg), but AAZ showed higher milk fat and protein contents (AAZ v. HO: 5.09% v. 4.18% and 3.61% v. 3.31%, respectively). In Sweden, the widely used modern Swedish Holstein (SH) breed had the highest milk yield (9209 kg, fat: 4.10%, protein: 3.31%), while the local Swedish Polled (SKB) showed highest milk yield, fat and protein contents (6169 kg, 4.47%, 3.50%, respectively), followed by the local breed Swedish Red (SRB, 8283 kg, 4.33%, 3.46%, respectively). With regard to fertility characteristics, the German breeds showed no differences, but AAZ tended to have less days open compared to HO (−17 days). In Sweden, breeds did not differ with regard to calving interval, but both local breeds showed a lower number of days open (−10.4 in SRB and −24.1 in SKB compared to SH), and SKB needed fewer inseminations until conception (−0.5 inseminations) compared to SH. Proportion of test day records with a somatic cell count content of ≥100 000 cells per ml milk did not reveal breed differences in any of the two countries. German breeds did not differ regarding the proportion of cows with veterinary treatments. In Sweden, SRB showed the lowest proportion of cows with general veterinary treatment as well as specific treatment due to udder problems (22.8 ± 6.42 and 8.05 ± 2.18, respectively), but the local breed SKB did not differ from SH in either of the two traits. In Sweden, we found no breed differences regarding veterinary treatments due to fertility problems or diagnosis of claw or leg problems during claw trimming. Our results indicate a stronger expression of the antagonism between production and functional traits with increasing production intensity. Future breed comparisons, therefore, need to consider different production intensities within organic farming in order to derive practical recommendations as to how to implement European organic regulations with regard to a suitable choice of breeds.

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Comparison of performance and fitness traits in German Angler, Swedish Red and Swedish Polled with Holstein dairy cattle breeds under organic production

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Wallenbeck

Neff

et al. 2020

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“…Few studies have also addressed the impact of host genetics on the bovine milk microbiota. Curone et al (2018) compared several features of milk from two breeds, the cosmopolitan, highly productive Holstein Friesian and the autochthonous, more rustic Rendena. The study had the advantage of examining two different breeds kept in the same farm and under the same environmental conditions and diets.…”

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Milk Microbiota: What Are We Exactly Talking About?

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The development of powerful sequencing techniques has allowed, albeit with some biases, the identification and inventory of complex microbial communities that inhabit different body sites or body fluids, some of which were previously considered sterile. Notably, milk is now considered to host a complex microbial community with great diversity. Milk microbiota is now well documented in various hosts. Based on the growing literature on this microbial community, we address here the question of what milk microbiota is. We summarize and compare the microbial composition of milk in humans and in ruminants and address the existence of a putative core milk microbiota. We discuss the factors that contribute to shape the milk microbiota or affect its composition, including host and environmental factors as well as methodological factors, such as the sampling and sequencing techniques, which likely introduce distortion in milk microbiota analysis. The roles that milk microbiota are likely to play in the mother and offspring physiology and health are presented together with recent data on the hypothesis of an enteromammary pathway. At last, this fascinating field raises a series of questions, which are listed and commented here and which open new research avenues.

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“…On the other hand, the intensive farming of livestock contributes to worsen the global warming, mainly by the emission of green-house gases such as CO 2 , CH 4 , and N 2 O (livestock sector concurs directly and indirectly with 18% of greenhouse gases emissions) (103). Given that climate change will progressively reduce the quantity and the quality of food for humans and animals, one strategy for future livestock management could be the valorization of autochthonous livestock breeds known to be highly resilient and disease resistant, to have low dietary needs (they have good production levels also with a frugal ration) and to produce high quality products (104).…”

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Floods, Hurricanes, and Other Catastrophes: A Challenge for the Immune System of Livestock and Other Animals

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Climate change involves different dramatic phenomena including desertification and wildfires, severe storms such as hurricanes and blizzards, increased sea levels resulting in flooding coastal cities and rise of atmospheric CO 2 concentration. The alteration of the climate in a specific region affects the life of indigenous animals and humans. The climate changes influence living beings both directly and indirectly. The immune system of animals dramatically suffers the climate instability, making animals more susceptible to infectious and not infectious diseases. Different species of livestock animals respond with similar mechanisms to global warming, but some of them are more susceptible depending on their age, metabolism, and genetic conditions. The selection and study of autochthonous species and breeds, more easily adapted to specific environmental conditions could be an interesting strategy to face livestock rearing in the future.

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What we have lost: Mastitis resistance in Holstein Friesians and in a local cattle breed

Cited by 70 publications

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Comparison of performance and fitness traits in German Angler, Swedish Red and Swedish Polled with Holstein dairy cattle breeds under organic production

Comparison of performance and fitness traits in German Angler, Swedish Red and Swedish Polled with Holstein dairy cattle breeds under organic production

Milk Microbiota: What Are We Exactly Talking About?

Floods, Hurricanes, and Other Catastrophes: A Challenge for the Immune System of Livestock and Other Animals

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