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Biblioteca(s): | INIA Treinta y Tres.
Fecha corriente: | 15/10/2014
Fecha de la última actualización: | 09/10/2019
Autoria: | UNGERFELD, R.; HÖTZEL, M.; QUINTANS, G.
Afiliación: | Facultad de Veterinaria (UDELAR), Departamento de Fisiología; Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (Brazil), Laboratorio de Etología Aplicada, Departamento de Zootecnia e Desenvolvimento Rural.; GRACIELA QUINTANS ILARIA, Instituto Nacional de Investigación Agropecuaria (INIA), Uruguay.
Título: | Changes in behaviour, milk production and bodyweight in beef cows subjected to two-step or abrupt weaning.
Año de publicación: | 2015
Fuente/Imprenta: | Animal Production Science, 2015
Volumen: | 55
Páginas: | p. 1281-1288
DOI: | 10.1071/AN13453
Idioma: | Inglés
Notas: | Article history: Received 31 October 2013, accepted 27 August 2014, published online 2 December 2014.
Contenido: | Abstract. The objective was to compare the behavioural and productive response of cows to either abrupt or two-step weaning with nose flaps. Calves were fitted with nose flaps during the 14 days before separation from their dams (NF group); were abruptly and permanently separated (AW group), or remained as non-weaned controls (NW group). The behaviour of the cows was recorded before and after nose-flap insertion and permanent separation. Milk yield and composition were determined. After permanent separation, milk yield of NW cows was greater than that of NF and AW cows. AW cows paced and vocalised more than NF and NW cows, and NF cows more times than NW cows. The two-step weaning method with nose flaps was positive for the wellbeing of cows, as it reduced the main behavioural changes that indicate distress and decreased the bodyweight loss. Weaning, either in one or two steps, decreased milk yield 1 week after permanent separation.
Palabras-Clave: | ANIMAL WELFARE; CALVES; PACING; RUMINANTS; STRESS; WEANING METHOD.
Thesagro: | BIENESTAR ANIMAL; BOVINOS; DESTETE; ESTRÉS; METODOS; RUMIANTES; VACAS.
Categoría del tema: | L52 Fisiología Animal- Crecimiento y desarrollo
Registro original: | INIA Treinta y Tres (TT)
Ejemplares: | TT - (100265-1) - PXI - AP - DD - PP/ANIMAL PRODUCTION SCIENCE/2015 -  -  - DIS