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Reproductive management in dairy cows - the future
- Source :
- Irish Veterinary Journal, IRISH VETERINARY JOURNAL, Irish Veterinary Journal, Vol 71, Iss 1, Pp 1-13 (2018)
- Publication Year :
- 2018
- Publisher :
- BioMed Central, 2018.
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Abstract
- Background: Drivers of change in dairy herd health management include the significant increase in herd/farm size, quota removal (within Europe) and the increase in technologies to aid in dairy cow reproductive management.Main body: There are a number of key areas for improving fertility management these include: i) handling of substantial volumes of data, ii) genetic selection (including improved phenotypes for use in breeding programmes), iii) nutritional management (including transition cow management), iv) control of infectious disease, v) reproductive management (and automated systems to improve reproductive management), vi) ovulation / oestrous synchronisation, vii) rapid diagnostics of reproductive status, and viii) management of male fertility. This review covers the current status and future outlook of many of these key factors that contribute to dairy cow herd health and reproductive performance.Conclusions: In addition to improvements in genetic trends for fertility, numerous other future developments are likely in the near future. These include: i) development of new and novel fertility phenotypes that may be measurable in milk; ii) specific fertility genomic markers; iii) earlier and rapid pregnancy detection; iv) increased use of activity monitors; v) improved breeding protocols; vi) automated inline sensors for relevant phenotypes that become more affordable for farmers; and vii) capturing and mining multiple sources of "Big Data" available to dairy farmers. These should facilitate improved performance, health and fertility of dairy cows in the future.
- Subjects :
- ESTRUS DETECTION
0301 basic medicine
BOS-TAURUS CATTLE
Animal breeding
TIMED ARTIFICIAL-INSEMINATION
BIG DATA
media_common.quotation_subject
Fertility
Review
Biology
Breeding
Herd health
HIGH PRODUCING HERDS
03 medical and health sciences
medicine
Dairy cattle
Veterinary Sciences
media_common
GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING-HORMONE
2. Zero hunger
Pregnancy
lcsh:Veterinary medicine
General Veterinary
business.industry
ELECTRONIC MEDICAL-RECORDS
Reproduction
0402 animal and dairy science
04 agricultural and veterinary sciences
medicine.disease
040201 dairy & animal science
EMBRYO QUALITY
Biotechnology
MILK-YIELD
030104 developmental biology
Reproductive management
Male fertility
Cow fertility
Herd
lcsh:SF600-1100
FATTY-ACIDS
business
Herd health management
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 20460481 and 03680762
- Volume :
- 71
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Irish Veterinary Journal
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....b653a43be70555983b164f572336c8d1