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Dairy calf housing systems across Europe and risk for calf infectious diseases
- Source :
- Animal, Vol 4, Iss 9, Pp 1588-1596 (2010), animal, animal, Published by Elsevier (since 2021) / Cambridge University Press (until 2020), 2010, 4 (9), pp.1588-1596. ⟨10.1017/S1751731110000650⟩, Animal, Animal, Published by Elsevier (since 2021) / Cambridge University Press (until 2020), 2010, 4 (9), pp.1588-1596. ⟨10.1017/S1751731110000650⟩
- Publication Year :
- 2010
- Publisher :
- Elsevier, 2010.
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Abstract
- International audience; Enteric and respiratory diseases are the most frequent health disorders of calves. They are associated with mortality or lower growth rate and induce treatment costs. Enteric and respiratory pathogens can be transmitted via contacts between calves, which depend on calf housing systems and management. This study aimed at describing the main calf housing systems across Europe and at assessing the consequences of such housing facilities in terms of risk for calf infectious diseases. This was done through the use of a questionnaire distributed to experts in epidemiology and cattle farming systems in each European country. A literature review was performed on the risk factors associated with calf infectious diseases transmission and targeted in the questionnaire. Answers from 14 countries were obtained. A wide range of housing systems were described. However, four main systems could be identified and ranked in ascending order of risk for neonatal diarrhoea and respiratory infectious diseases: individual pen until weaning, individual pen for 4 weeks, individual pen for 2 weeks, and collective pen from the separation of the calf with its dam. Although the housing systems are known to play a role in disease transmission, they are currently not fully described in literature concerning risk factors for calf infectious diseases. In a given farm, the risk assessment for calf infectious diseases should consider classical risk factors such as hygiene, feeding practices and air conditioning, on top of a precise description of the housing system.
- Subjects :
- Veterinary medicine
medicine.medical_specialty
040301 veterinary sciences
media_common.quotation_subject
qualitative risk assessment
Cattle Diseases
dairy herd
SF1-1100
0403 veterinary science
Hygiene
Environmental health
Diseases transmission
Epidemiology
medicine
media_common
2. Zero hunger
business.industry
Transmission (medicine)
0402 animal and dairy science
04 agricultural and veterinary sciences
040201 dairy & animal science
Animal culture
Europe
calf diseases
[SDV.SA.SPA]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Agricultural sciences/Animal production studies
calf housing
Dairy calf
Animal Science and Zoology
Risk assessment
business
Disease transmission
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 17517311 and 1751732X
- Volume :
- 4
- Issue :
- 9
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Animal
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....afb82bc81d207e226c2a8031c5a8ee7a