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2. Do calves in tropical areas behave differently when artificially milk-fed than when nursed restrictively?
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Aspegren-Güldorff, Anette and Aspegren-Güldorff, Anette
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In tropical areas Zebu cattle (Bos indicus) and crossbreeds between Zebu and humpless cattle (Bos taurus) are most common due to their better capability to produce milk in hot and humid climate. It is generally believed, that these cows need to have their calves next to them during milking in order to stimulate milk let-down. After milking, the calf is usually allowed to suck the residual milk from its mother. The dairy breeds used in Europe and North America let the milk down during milking without having the calf by their side. The European and North American calves are often artificially milk-fed with whole milk or milk substitute from buckets or bottles. The artificially milk-fed calves do not have the possibility to perform non-nutritive sucking on a teat. There is a risk that internal factors (underlying motivation) stimulate the calves to perform some substitute (vacuum) behaviour. The aim of this study was to find out if artificially milk-fed crossbred calves performed more abnormal behaviours, had a lower weight gain or reduced health, compared to restrictively suckling calves. The study was performed on the research institute "El Clarin" outside Martinez de la Torre in the state of Veracruz, which is located in the tropical region of eastern Mexico. The animals used were calves of mixed breed of 25% Holstein, 25% Zebu and 50% Simmental. The dairy cows were F1-crossings, 50% Holstein and 50% Zebu. At five days of age the calves were randomly assigned to one of two treatments: R) restrictively suckling calves (n = 11) or A) artificially milk-fed calves (n = 11). The behavioural observations of the calves started at the age of seven days and were repeated once a week (day 7, 14, 21, 28, 35, 42, 49, 56), to an age of two months. The behavioural observations were performed twice a day. In the morning (7-13 h), the observations were performed during the milking and suckling/drinking milk, 30 minutes for each calf. In the afternoon (17-19 h), the observations wer, I tropiska länder är Zebu-boskap (Bos indicus) och korsningar mellan Zebu (t ex Brahman) och boskap utan puckel (Bos taurus) vanligast. Genom denna korsning får man boskap somproducerar mer mjölk i länder med varmt och fuktigt klimat. Det anses allmänt att dessa kor behöver kalven vid sin sida när de ska mjölkas för att kunna släppa ner mjölken. Eftemjölkningen får kalven vanligtvis tillfälle att dia residua r lmjölken från modern. jölkkor som används i Europa och Nordamerika släpper ned mjölken utan att ha kalven nde sugbeteende är risken att inre ktorer (underliggande motivation) stimulerar kalven att utför ersättningsbeteenden (vakumbeteenden). Målet med denna studie var att utforska om artificiellt mjölkuppfödda kalvar utför mer onormala beteenden, har lägre viktökning eller sämre hälsa jämfört med restriktivt diande kalvar. Studien utfördes på försöksstationen ”El Clarin” som ligger strax utanför staden Martinez de la Torre i den tropiska delen av staten Veracruz i östra Mexiko. Djuren som användes var korsningskalvar med 25 % Holstein, 25 % Zebu och 50 % Simmental. Mjölkkorna var av F1-korsning 50 % Zebu och 50 % Holstein. När kalvarna var fem dagar gamla delades de slumpmässigt in i följande behandlingar: R) restriktivt diande kalvar (n=11) eller A) artificiellt mjölkuppfödda kalvar (n=11). Beteendeobservationerna av kalvarna utfördes en gång i veckan från 7 till 56 dagars ålder. Observationerna utfördes två gånger om dagen. På morgonen (kl. 7-13) utfördes observationerna under mjölkningen och efter mjölkningen när kalvarna fick mjölk, 30 minuter per kalv. På eftermiddagen (kl. 17-19) utfördes en timmas observation per kalv när de befann sig i inhägnaden. Alla beteenden registrerades som 0-1 variabler med en minuts intervall. Statistisk analys gjordes med Wilcoxon Rank Sum test och Chi²-test (SAS 8.2). Vid mjölkningen M vid sin sida. De europeiska och nordamerikanska kalvarna är oftast artificiellt mjölkuppfödda med helmjölk eller mjölkersättning från hink el
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- 2004
3. Effect of restricted suckling on milk yield, milk composition and udder health in cows and behaviour and weight gain in calves, in dual-purpose cattle in the tropics.
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S. Fröberg, A. Aspegren-Güldorff, I. Olsson, B. Marin, C. Berg, C. Hernández, C. Galina, L. Lidfors, and K. Svennersten-Sjaunja
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Abstract??The study was conducted to evaluate the effects of restricted suckling (RS) in dual-purpose cows and calves compared to artificial rearing (AR). Twelve Holstein-Zebu cows with calves were assigned to each treatment. Cows were milked once daily in the morning with calves present to stimulate milk let-down. RS calves suckled 30 min after milking and 30 min in the afternoon, whereas AR calves were milk-fed from nipple bottles. The daily saleable milk yield was higher in RS than in AR cows (p< 0.01; 7.44 vs 6.50 kg/day), whereas RS cows had lower milk-fat content (p< 0.001). AR cows had higher California Mastitis Test scores (p< 0.001) and lower lactose content (p< 0.001) compared to RS cows, which indicates an improved udder health in RS cows. AR calves displayed more ?cross-suck? during suckling/milk feeding (p< 0.001) and during observations of general behaviour (p< 0.05), and more ?lick and sniff interior? during milking (p< 0.05) and suckling/milk feeding (p< 0.01), compared to RS calves. During observations of general behaviour the RS calves were more often observed to ?walk? (p< 0.01) and ?lick self? (p< 0.05) and less frequently to ?eat concentrate? (p< 0.05) than AR calves. Results support the hypothesis that RS increases milk yield, influences milk composition and improves udder health in cows, and decreases abnormal sucking in calves. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2007
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