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YÖKSİS Eşleşti
Performance and health status in preweaning semi-indoor holstein calves wearing calf jackets during winter months
Tropical Animal Health and Production · Kasım 2024
YÖKSİS Kayıtları
Performance and health status in preweaning semi-indoor holstein calves wearing calf jackets during winter months
Tropical Animal Health and Production · 2024 SCI-Expanded
DOKTOR ÖĞRETİM ÜYESİ MUSTAFA ÇAM →
Performance and health status in preweaning semi-indoor holstein calves wearing calf jackets during winter months
Tropical Animal Health and Production · 2024 SSCI
DOKTOR ÖĞRETİM ÜYESİ EMRE ARSLAN →
Performance and health status in preweaning semi-indoor holstein calves wearing calf jackets during winter months
Tropical Animal Health and Production · 2024 SCI-Expanded
PROFESÖR ŞEREF İNAL →
Makale Bilgileri
DergiTropical Animal Health and Production
Yayın TarihiKasım 2024
Cilt / Sayfa56
Scopus ID2-s2.0-85204941816
Özet
The purpose of this study was to investigate whether jacket wearing by semi-indoor Holstein calves affected performance, body measurements and health status in the preweaning period throughout the winter months. A total of one hundred calves were allocated into two treatment groups (control and jacket) in terms of their weights and sex. The calves throughout the study period were raised at individual calf hutches in a semi-open barn. All calves and the consumed concentrate intakes were weighed every 28 days to determine body weight (BW), average daily gain (ADG), total and daily feed consumption (TFC, DFC). Incidence rate (IR) ratios were calculated from the records of daily health assessments. Calves in treatment group were jacketed from first to 45 days of age. The weaning process started gradually at 56 days of age and the calves were weaned on day 63. No significant effects of wearing jackets in terms of body measurements and performance. The respiratory diseases IR was 1.15 times higher in calves without jackets, which means that calf health was positively affected by wearing jackets. The improved health status of the treatment group showed that wearing jackets may protect calves from adverse effects of cold stress. There is a need for more comprehensive studies about the effect of calf jackets in early periods of preweaning, especially in calves in outdoor hutches.
Yazarlar (4)
1
Mustafa Çam
ORCID: 0000-0002-1821-191X
2
Emre Arslan
ORCID: 0000-0002-4609-8395
3
Zahit Kutalmış Kaya
ORCID: 0000-0002-7790-1689
4
Şeref Inal
Anahtar Kelimeler
Body measurements
Calf blanket
Calf health
Cold stress
Growth
Incidence rate
Kurumlar
Necmettin Erbakan Üniversitesi
Meram Turkey
Selçuk Üniversitesi
Selçuklu Turkey