scholarly journals Added Value of Meat Inspection Data for Monitoring of Dairy Cattle Health in the Netherlands

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anouk M. B. Veldhuis ◽  
Debora Smits ◽  
Martijn Bouwknegt ◽  
Heleen Worm ◽  
Gerdien van Schaik
Keyword(s):  
The Netherlands ◽  
Dairy Cattle ◽  
Health Surveillance ◽  
Meat Inspection ◽  
Added Value ◽  
Dairy Herds ◽  
Multivariable Analyses ◽  
Cattle Herds ◽  
Inspection Data ◽  
Cattle Health

Meat inspection records of one large cattle slaughterhouse were analyzed to evaluate the added value of slaughterhouse data for cattle health surveillance in the Netherlands. Data were available from January 2015 to September 2018, consisting of 467,361 meat inspection records. Analyses included (1) an assessment of the representativeness of the cattle herds in the slaughterhouse data in relation to the cattle herd population in the Netherlands, and (2) multivariable analyses to quantify associations between meat inspection findings and farm of origin characteristics, and the trends in time of the findings in slaughtered cattle. Ninety percent of the meat inspection records originated from dairy cattle therefore this paper only presents the results of dairy herds (N = 422,194 cattle). The dairy herds in the slaughterhouse data seemed representative for the Dutch dairy population although their regional coverage differed from the distribution of dairy herds in the Netherlands. Non-dairy herds were underrepresented in the slaughterhouse data which stresses the importance of the inclusion of data from other slaughterhouses that may be more specialized in slaughtering beef cattle. Inspection records were categorized into 15 indicators related to ante-mortem and post-mortem findings. Following multivariable analyses, seven indicators were deemed of added value to existing cattle health surveillance components, as they provided either new information or information regarding specific health problems.

scholarly journals The Potential of Post-Mortem Carcass Assessments in Reflecting the Welfare of Beef and Dairy Cattle

Animals ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (11) ◽  
pp. 959
Author(s):  
Melody Knock ◽  
Grace A. Carroll
Keyword(s):  
Regression Analysis ◽  
Dairy Cattle ◽  
Body Condition ◽  
Skin Lesions ◽  
Meat Inspection ◽  
Carcass Weight ◽  
Post Mortem ◽  
Lesion Score ◽  
Inspection Data ◽  
General Indicator

There is increasing interest in utilizing meat inspection data to help inform farmers of the health and welfare of their herds. The aim of this study was to determine whether ante-mortem measures of welfare in beef and dairy cattle (N = 305) were associated with post-mortem measures at a United Kingdom (UK) abattoir. Multiple regression analysis was used to determine the ability of ante-mortem measures of lameness, cleanliness, skin lesions, hair loss and body condition in predicting hot carcass weight and the frequency of carcass bruising. For beef cattle, lameness score (p = 0.04), cleanliness score (p = 0.02) and age (p < 0.001), were predictors of carcass bruise score while lameness score (p = 0.03), body condition (p = 0.01) and sex (p < 0.001) were predictors of hot carcass weight. For dairy cattle, sex (p < 0.001) and slaughter day (p < 0.001) were predictors of carcass bruise score while skin lesion score (p = 0.01), body condition (p < 0.001), age (p < 0.001), slaughter day (p < 0.001) and number of moves (p = 0.01) were predictors of hot carcass weight. These results suggest that recording carcass weight and carcass bruising at meat inspection may have potential as a general indicator of health and welfare status in cattle. However, animal characteristics and variables, such as slaughter day and abattoir staffing, should be taken into account when interpreting the results.

scholarly journals Multilocus sequence typing of Staphylococcus aureus isolates recovered from cows with mastitis in Brazilian dairy herds

2007 ◽  
Vol 56 (11) ◽  
pp. 1505-1511 ◽  
Author(s):  
Renata F. Rabello ◽  
Beatriz M. Moreira ◽  
Regina M. M. Lopes ◽  
Lúcia M. Teixeira ◽  
Lee W. Riley ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Staphylococcus Aureus ◽  
Infectious Diseases ◽  
Dairy Cattle ◽  
Multilocus Sequence Typing ◽  
Bovine Mastitis ◽  
Control Measures ◽  
Dairy Herds ◽  
The South ◽  
Cattle Herds ◽  
Mastitis Control

Staphylococcus aureus is a major pathogen associated with bovine mastitis, one of the most important infectious diseases occurring in dairy cattle herds worldwide. In the present study, S. aureus isolates recovered from cows with mastitis in dairy herds located in the south-east of Brazil were genotyped by PFGE and multilocus sequence typing (MLST). PFGE identified 60 pulsotypes (PTs), which were found to be distributed among six clonal complexes (CCs) by MLST. All PTs with similarity percentages greater than 65 % belonged to the same CC. Most of the PTs belonged to CC126 (n=28) and CC97 (n=19), which were represented by 91 % of the isolates. These CCs have also been recovered from cows with mastitis in countries located in different continents, but they have rarely been isolated from human specimens. Few isolates were represented by PTs belonging to CCs that are frequently isolated from human specimens (CC1, CC5 and CC30). These data reinforce the hypothesis that a limited number of S. aureus CCs are responsible for most bovine mastitis cases internationally. Specific features of the specialized clones should be studied for use as future targets of mastitis control measures.

scholarly journals Design of Free Stalls for Dairy Herds: A Review

Ruminants ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-22
Author(s):  
Frank van Eerdenburg ◽  
Lars Ruud
Keyword(s):  
Optimal Design ◽  
Dairy Cattle ◽  
Animal Welfare ◽  
Milk Yield ◽  
High Impact ◽  
The Body ◽  
Dairy Herds ◽  
Productive Life ◽  
To Come ◽  
Available Information

Lying is an important behavior of dairy cattle. Cows should spend more than 50% of a day lying as it has a high impact on their milk yield and animal welfare. The design, size, and flooring properties of the free stalls influence the time cows spend lying, the way they lie down, and their rising movements. The purpose of this review is to provide an overview of the currently available information with the aim to assist farmers and advisors to come to an optimal design of the free stalls. The design of the free stalls should enable the cows to move and lie in positions as natural as possible. Cows should rest, with all parts of the body, on a clean, dry and soft bed, be able to stretch their front legs forward, lie on their sides with unobstructed space for their neck and head, and rest with their heads against their flanks without hindrance from a partition. When they stand, they should not be hindered by neck rails, partitions, or supports. A comfortable place for cows to lie down helps cows to stay healthy, improve welfare, and increase milk yield. Hence, the probability of a longer productive life for the cows increases and the number of replacements per year decreases.

scholarly journals Seroprevalence of Schmallenberg Virus Antibodies among Dairy Cattle, the Netherlands, Winter 2011–2012

2012 ◽  
Vol 18 (7) ◽  
Author(s):  
Armin R.W. Elbers ◽  
Willie L.A. Loeffen ◽  
Sjaak Quak ◽  
Els de Boer-Luijtze ◽  
Arco N. van der Spek ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
The Netherlands ◽  
Dairy Cattle ◽  
Schmallenberg Virus

Bovine viral diarrhea virus (BVDV) infection in dairy cattle herds in northeast Thailand

2016 ◽  
Vol 48 (6) ◽  
pp. 1201-1208 ◽  
Author(s):  
Theerakul Nilnont ◽  
Suneerat Aiumlamai ◽  
Kwankate Kanistanont ◽  
Chaidate Inchaisri ◽  
Jaruwan Kampa
Keyword(s):  
Dairy Cattle ◽  
Bovine Viral Diarrhea Virus ◽  
Bovine Viral Diarrhea ◽  
Northeast Thailand ◽  
Diarrhea Virus ◽  
Viral Diarrhea ◽  
Cattle Herds ◽  
Viral Diarrhea Virus

Form Follows Experience - Notes on the Functionality of Footbridges

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michel Schreinemachers ◽  
Wiebe Strick
Keyword(s):  
The Netherlands ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Water Levels ◽  
Added Value ◽  
Highway Bridge ◽  
Or Efficiency ◽  
Pedestrian Bridges ◽  
The City ◽  
Prime Location ◽  
Natural Way

<p>Should a bridge always be functional and accessible? Should it always fulfil its purpose? This seemingly self- evident question is a key question in footbridge design that is oriented towards creating experiences.</p><p>Footbridges are able to successfully enriches our experience of a certain context or landscape, it cannot be functional all the time, under all environmental conditions, weather and seasons. A good example is the Zalige bridge designed as part of the Room for the River, a large-scale national program for inland flood- protection in the Netherlands. Build upon the floodplains within a newly created river-park by the city of Nijmegen, the Zalige bridge’s curved shape stands in direct relationship to the fluctuating water levels of the river. When water levels rise, the bridge partially submerges, becoming only accessible through steppingstones. At peak heights, the bridge disappears completely, becoming a metaphor for our relationship to the water.</p><p>“Building a bridge that fails to fulfil its sole purpose of containing the water; this can only be pulled off in the Netherlands.” – jury Dutch Design Awards about the Zalige bridge.</p><p>The loss of functionality is directly related to the creation of an experience. When the water levels rose in January 2018, the bridge became the prime location to experience the changing landscape. It shows that engineering a bridge is not solely focussed on the most efficient engineering, but for the purpose it fulfils as for society. For most pedestrian bridges where the perception of the user is on a different level as for a highway bridge, functionality provides more than just cost driven or efficiency driven parameters. It is more related to the added value for the community. When design not solemnly derives from the sheer taste and predilection of the designer but is based on the user’s experience, it generates a durable relation with a feeling of ownership of its users. The key is to create this experience in an elegant and natural way and not forced or dictated. It should be people's own unique discovery and should not be imposed.</p>

scholarly journals Antibodies against Bovine herpesvirus 1 in dairy herds in the state of Espirito Santo, Brasil

Revista CERES ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 61 (2) ◽  
pp. 280-283 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marcus Rebouças Santos ◽  
Hanna Carolina Campos Ferreira ◽  
Marcos Antônio dos Santos ◽  
Giuliana Loreto Saraiva ◽  
Natália Filardi Tafuri ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Dairy Cattle ◽  
Neutralizing Antibodies ◽  
Bovine Herpesvirus ◽  
The State ◽  
Serum Samples ◽  
Bovine Herpesvirus 1 ◽  
Espírito Santo ◽  
Herpesvirus 1 ◽  
Cattle Herds ◽  
Espirito Santo

Bovine herpesvirus 1 (BoHV-1) causes major losses in worldwide livestock, affecting the respiratory and reproductive tracts of bovine. In the past decades, the number of cases in Brazil has been gradually increasing. Therefore, it is important to assess the distribution of infection in different regions of the country. In the state of Espírito Santo (ES) the BoHV 1 infection rate in dairy cattle herds is unknown. Thus, the aim of this study was to detect neutralizing antibodies against BoHV-1 in serum samples from 1,161 non-vaccinated cows from 59 dairy cattle herds in 23 municipalities of the Metropolitan, North, Northwest and South macro-regions. The identification of seropositive cows was evaluated by the virus neutralization test. The results showed that of all serum samples evaluated 775 (66.75%) had neutralizing antibodies against BoHV-1. Moreover, all herds were found positive; however, the percentage of positive cows varied among regions; 49.06%, 62.15%, 67.21% and 80.04% for the Metropolitan, South, North and Northwest macro-regions, respectively. In this study, the results clearly indicate the dissemination of the viral agent in dairy cattle in the ES state, requiring the monitoring and control of diseases related to BoHV-1 infection.

A longitudinal study to identify constraints to dairy cattle health and production in rural smallholder communities in Northern Vietnam

2006 ◽  
Vol 81 (2) ◽  
pp. 177-184 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. Suzuki ◽  
M. Kanameda ◽  
K. Inui ◽  
T. Ogawa ◽  
V.K. Nguyen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Longitudinal Study ◽  
Dairy Cattle ◽  
Northern Vietnam ◽  
Cattle Health

scholarly journals Relative contributions of neighbourhood and animal movements to Coxiella burnetii infection in dairy cattle herds

2014 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 471 ◽  
Author(s):  
Simon Nusinovici ◽  
Thierry Hoch ◽  
Stefan Widgren ◽  
Alain Joly ◽  
Ann Lindberg ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Dairy Cattle ◽  
Coxiella Burnetii ◽  
Animal Movements ◽  
Cattle Herds

scholarly journals A stochastic model for the simulation of management decisions in dairy herds, with special reference to reproductive performance.

1985 ◽  
Vol 33 (1) ◽  
pp. 59-61
Author(s):  
A.A. Dijkhuizen ◽  
S. Hibma ◽  
J.A. Renkema
Keyword(s):  
Adverse Effects ◽  
Dairy Cattle ◽  
Stochastic Model ◽  
Special Reference ◽  
Reproductive Performance ◽  
Dairy Herds ◽  
Calving Interval ◽  
Management Decisions

A 15 year simulation was carried out in order to test a model for dairy cattle culling. Provisional results indicate that decreasing max. allowed calving interval from 520 to 360 days decreases herd income due to adverse effects on herd life. (Abstract retrieved from CAB Abstracts by CABI’s permission)

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