Relationship between body condition score and ultrasound measurement of backfat thickness in multiparous Holstein dairy cows at different production phases

2013 ◽  
Vol 91 (5) ◽  
pp. 185-189 ◽  
Author(s):  
HA Hussein ◽  
A Westphal ◽  
R Staufenbiel
Keyword(s):  
Dairy Cows ◽  
Body Condition ◽  
Body Condition Score ◽  
Backfat Thickness ◽  
Ultrasound Measurement ◽  
Condition Score ◽  
Holstein Dairy Cows

Leptin interrelationships to energy-related metabolites and hormones in fed and fasted sheep

2002 ◽  
Vol 2002 ◽  
pp. 87-87 ◽  
Author(s):  
A.R.G. Wylie ◽  
D.J. Devlin ◽  
A.J. Bjourson
Keyword(s):  
Body Weight ◽  
Dairy Cows ◽  
Body Fat ◽  
Body Condition ◽  
Previous Investigation ◽  
Body Condition Score ◽  
Backfat Thickness ◽  
Early Lactation ◽  
Weak Correlation ◽  
Condition Score

A review of published leptin data for growing lambs, older ewes and mature dairy cows in late lactation showed that only 0.30-0.37 of the variation in blood leptin concentration was explained by differences in body fat variably expressed as % of liveweight (LW), backfat thickness and body condition score (BCS) respectively (Wylieet al., 2002). In dairy cows between 15d and 226d postpartum, Wylieet al(2002) observed no overall correlation between leptin at slaughter and lipid expressed as % of LW, empty body weight or carcase weight and only a weak correlation in cows in mid-lactation. Losses of fat during early lactation may ‘uncouple’ the link between leptin and fat and produce a bias across all of lactation. Another explanation is that leptin may be more closely linked with lipogenesis than with the amount of stored fat. This study revisits some metabolite and hormone data from a previous investigation of IGF-1 changes in fed, fasted and re-fed sheep in the light of more recently obtained leptin concentrations in the same animals.

Effects of dietary starch content and body condition score at calving on reproductive parameters in Holstein dairy cows

2021 ◽  
Vol 196 ◽  
pp. 105488
Author(s):  
Mohammad Ali Sirjani ◽  
Hamid Amanlou ◽  
Hamidreza Mirzaei-Alamouti ◽  
Mohammad Hossein Shahir ◽  
Jahanbakhsh Hasanlou ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Dairy Cows ◽  
Body Condition ◽  
Body Condition Score ◽  
Starch Content ◽  
Reproductive Parameters ◽  
Condition Score ◽  
Dietary Starch ◽  
Holstein Dairy Cows

Methods for estimating body reserves in grazing dairy cows: Body condition score and backfat thickness

2021 ◽  
Vol 37 (6) ◽  
pp. 758-762
Author(s):  
Letícia Wlodarski ◽  
Diego S. Zeni ◽  
Rémy Delagarde ◽  
Luc Delaby ◽  
João A.R. Rosback ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Dairy Cows ◽  
Body Condition ◽  
Body Condition Score ◽  
Backfat Thickness ◽  
Body Reserves ◽  
Condition Score ◽  
Grazing Dairy Cows
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