CORRELATION BETWEEN BODY CONDITION AND ANIMAL HEALTH PROBLEMS OF HOLSTEIN FRIESIAN COWS

Edit Jónás Mikóné, Rita Kovács Kovács, Anett Varga Varga, Myrtill Gráff Gráff

Abstract


The Holstein-Friesian cow is the first among milking cows in the world nowadays.The milk production of this type is very high, but the breeders have to face many problems beyond the outstanding milk production. In recent decades the useful lifetime decreased, reproductive disorders and common metabolic disorders appeared, so infertility is common and , re-conception is delayed etc. We analysed the relationship between the animal health status and the BCS, we tried to find the correlation between mastitis, feeding status and hoof health status.In our work we tried to find the answer to the following questions: Which body condition can be associated with foot diseases and mastitis causing considerable economic damage in stocks?


Keywords


body condition score; milk production; mastitis; foot diseases

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LUCRĂRI ȘTIINȚIFICE MANAGEMENT AGRICOL

ISSN print 1453-1410
ISSN online 2069-2307
(former ISSN 1453-1410, E-ISSN 2069-2307)

PUBLISHER: AGROPRINT Timisoara, Romania
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