Title
Change in Rumination Behavior Parameters around Calving in Cows with Subclinical Ketosis Diagnosed during 30 Days after Calving
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English
Description (en)
We hypothesized that cows with SCK (blood BHB over >1.2 mmol/L) diagnosed within the first 30 days of calving can be predicted by changes in rumination and activity behavioral parameters in the period before calving and indeed subsequently. A total of 45 cows were randomly selected from 60 dry cows from at least 40 days before calving. All the cows were fitted with RuniWatch sensors monitoring both intake behaviors (faceband) and general movement and activity behavior (pedometer) (RWS-ITIN + HOCH, Switzerland). Following an adaptation period of 10 days, rumination, eating, and activity parameters were monitored for 30 days before calving and 30 days after calving. Considering the design of the study, we divided the data of cows into three stages for statistical evaluation: (1) the last thirty days before calving (from day -30 to -1 of the study); (2) day of calving; and (3) the first thirty days after calving (from day 1 to 30 of the study). We found that before calving, those cows with a higher risk of having SCK diagnosed after calving had lower rumination time, eating time, drinking gulps, bolus, chews per min, chews per bolus, downtime, maximal temperature, and activity change. On the calving day, in cows with higher risk of SCK after calving, we found lower rumination time, eating time, chews per min, chews per bolus, uptime, downtime, minimal temperature, other chews, eating chews, drinking time, drinking gulps, activity, average temperature, maximal temperature, activity change, rumination chews, and eating chews. After calving in cows with SCK, we found lower rumination time, eating time 1, eating time 2, bolus, chews per bolus, uptime, downtime, minimal temperature, maximal temperature, rumination chews, and eating chews. Moreover, after calving we found higher drinking gulps, drinking time, activity, activity change, average temperature, other chews, and eating chews in cows with SCK. From a practical point of view, we recommend that by tracking changes in rumination and activity behavior parameters registered with RuniWatch sensors (such as rumination time, eating time, drinking time, drinking gulps, bolus, chews per minute, chews per bolus, downtime, maximal temperature, and activity change) before, during, and after calving, we can identify cows with a higher risk of SCK in the herd.
Keywords (en)
Dairy-Cows; Feeding-Behavior; Health; Time; Management; Dystocia; Progress; System; Risk
DOI
10.3390/ani13040595
Author of the digital object
Ramūnas Antanaitis (Lithuanian University of Health Sciences)
Walter Baumgartner (University of Veterinary Medicine, Vienna)
Lorenzo Viora (University of Glasgow)
Arūnas Rutkauskas (Lithuanian University of Health Sciences)
Eduardas Danyla (Lithuanian University of Health Sciences)
Greta Šertvytytė (Lithuanian University of Health Sciences)
Dovilė Bačėninaitė (Lithuanian University of Health Sciences)
Karina Džermeikaitė (Lithuanian University of Health Sciences)
Vida Juozaitienė (Vytautas Magnus University)
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CC BY 4.0 International
Type of publication
Article
Name of Publication (en)
Vaccines
Pages or Volume
14
Volume
13
Number
4
Publisher
MDPI
Publication Date
2023
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https://phaidra.vetmeduni.ac.at/o:1416
https://doi.org/10.3390/ani13040595
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14.03.2023 12:36:59
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