Quantifying the negative impact of clinical diseases on productive and reproductive performance of dairy cows in central Argentina

In dairy herds, cattle experience different health disorders, and their occurrence during lactation may cause important economic losses. The systematic analysis of productive and health records allows us to identify the risk factors of greatest negative incidence on profitability in commercial dairy...

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Main Authors: Masia, F., Molina, G., Vissio, Claudina, Balzarini, Mónica, De la Sota, Rodolfo Luzbel, Piccardi, Mónica Belén
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/13083
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1871141322000749
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.livsci.2022.104894
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author Masia, F.
Molina, G.
Vissio, Claudina
Balzarini, Mónica
De la Sota, Rodolfo Luzbel
Piccardi, Mónica Belén
author_browse Balzarini, Mónica
De la Sota, Rodolfo Luzbel
Masia, F.
Molina, G.
Piccardi, Mónica Belén
Vissio, Claudina
author_facet Masia, F.
Molina, G.
Vissio, Claudina
Balzarini, Mónica
De la Sota, Rodolfo Luzbel
Piccardi, Mónica Belén
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description In dairy herds, cattle experience different health disorders, and their occurrence during lactation may cause important economic losses. The systematic analysis of productive and health records allows us to identify the risk factors of greatest negative incidence on profitability in commercial dairy farms. The aim of this work was to estimate the effects of clinical diseases on the productive and reproductive performance of dairy cattle. A total of 15,423 lactations (≥3rd lactations) were analyzed; data involved records of three years obtained from 21 commercial dairy farms randomly selected from the main milk-producing provinces in Argentina. Lactations were classified as “with” (WD) or “without” (WOD) clinical diseases. The parameters production at peak (Ppeak) and 305-d cumulative milk production (305DY) were estimated and lactation curves were fitted using the MilkBot model. Statistical differences were found between lactations with at least one clinical disease (305DY 9,861.3 kg; Ppeak 39.5 kg/d) and those WOD (305DY 10,013.6 kg; Ppeak 40.2 kg/d). The reproductive indicators days open and days to culling were derived from survival analysis. Days open showed that 50% of cows with at least one clinical disease became pregnant 181 days (95% CI = 177; 185) after parturition, whereas in cows without clinical disease, pregnancy occurred on average 126 days (95% CI= 121; 132) after parturition. Furthermore, for days to culling, 50% of the diseased cows exhibited a culling time of 518 days (95%CI = 508; 527), whereas healthy cows remained in the herd for a longer period, on average 563 days (95% CI= 541; 586). The results suggest significant residual effects, i.e. the consequences of clinical disease are not limited to the period of disease progress, but extend to periods after the clinical resolution of the disease.
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spelling INTA130832025-10-23T13:05:10Z Quantifying the negative impact of clinical diseases on productive and reproductive performance of dairy cows in central Argentina Masia, F. Molina, G. Vissio, Claudina Balzarini, Mónica De la Sota, Rodolfo Luzbel Piccardi, Mónica Belén Milk Yield Reproduction Culling Diseases Argentina Rendimiento Lechero Reproducción Eliminación Enfermedad Lactation Curve Non-Pregnant Cows In dairy herds, cattle experience different health disorders, and their occurrence during lactation may cause important economic losses. The systematic analysis of productive and health records allows us to identify the risk factors of greatest negative incidence on profitability in commercial dairy farms. The aim of this work was to estimate the effects of clinical diseases on the productive and reproductive performance of dairy cattle. A total of 15,423 lactations (≥3rd lactations) were analyzed; data involved records of three years obtained from 21 commercial dairy farms randomly selected from the main milk-producing provinces in Argentina. Lactations were classified as “with” (WD) or “without” (WOD) clinical diseases. The parameters production at peak (Ppeak) and 305-d cumulative milk production (305DY) were estimated and lactation curves were fitted using the MilkBot model. Statistical differences were found between lactations with at least one clinical disease (305DY 9,861.3 kg; Ppeak 39.5 kg/d) and those WOD (305DY 10,013.6 kg; Ppeak 40.2 kg/d). The reproductive indicators days open and days to culling were derived from survival analysis. Days open showed that 50% of cows with at least one clinical disease became pregnant 181 days (95% CI = 177; 185) after parturition, whereas in cows without clinical disease, pregnancy occurred on average 126 days (95% CI= 121; 132) after parturition. Furthermore, for days to culling, 50% of the diseased cows exhibited a culling time of 518 days (95%CI = 508; 527), whereas healthy cows remained in the herd for a longer period, on average 563 days (95% CI= 541; 586). The results suggest significant residual effects, i.e. the consequences of clinical disease are not limited to the period of disease progress, but extend to periods after the clinical resolution of the disease. Instituto de Patología Vegetal Fil: Masia, F. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Facultad de Ciencias Agropecuarias; Argentina Fil: Masia, F. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina Fil: Molina, G. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Facultad de Ciencias Agropecuarias; Argentina Fil: Molina, G. Universidad Nacional de Villa María. Instituto de Ciencias Básicas y Aplicadas; Argentina Fil: Vissio, C. Universidad Nacional de Rio Cuarto. Facultad de Agronomía y Veterinaria; Argentina Fil: Vissio, C. Universidad Nacional de Rio Cuarto. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Instituto para el Desarrollo Agroindustrial y de la Salud (IDAS); Argentina Fil: Balzarini, Monica. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Facultad de Ciencias Agropecuarias; Argentina Fil: Balzarini, Monica. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Unidad de Fitopatología y Modelización Agrícola; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Unidad de Fitopatología y Modelización Agrícola (UFyMA); Argentina Fil: de la Sota, R.L. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina Fil: de la Sota, R.L. Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Veterinarias. Instituto de Investigaciones en Reproducción Animal (INIRA); Argentina Fil: Piccardi, M. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Facultad de Ciencias Agropecuarias; Argentina Fil: Piccardi, M.Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Unidad de Fitopatología y Modelización Agrícola (UFyMA); Argentina 2022-10-11T11:43:43Z 2022-10-11T11:43:43Z 2022-03-15 info:ar-repo/semantics/artículo info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/13083 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1871141322000749 1871-1413 1878-0490 (online) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.livsci.2022.104894 eng info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess application/pdf Elsevier Livestock Science 259 : 104894 (May 2022)
spellingShingle Milk Yield
Reproduction
Culling
Diseases
Argentina
Rendimiento Lechero
Reproducción
Eliminación
Enfermedad
Lactation Curve
Non-Pregnant Cows
Masia, F.
Molina, G.
Vissio, Claudina
Balzarini, Mónica
De la Sota, Rodolfo Luzbel
Piccardi, Mónica Belén
Quantifying the negative impact of clinical diseases on productive and reproductive performance of dairy cows in central Argentina
title Quantifying the negative impact of clinical diseases on productive and reproductive performance of dairy cows in central Argentina
title_full Quantifying the negative impact of clinical diseases on productive and reproductive performance of dairy cows in central Argentina
title_fullStr Quantifying the negative impact of clinical diseases on productive and reproductive performance of dairy cows in central Argentina
title_full_unstemmed Quantifying the negative impact of clinical diseases on productive and reproductive performance of dairy cows in central Argentina
title_short Quantifying the negative impact of clinical diseases on productive and reproductive performance of dairy cows in central Argentina
title_sort quantifying the negative impact of clinical diseases on productive and reproductive performance of dairy cows in central argentina
topic Milk Yield
Reproduction
Culling
Diseases
Argentina
Rendimiento Lechero
Reproducción
Eliminación
Enfermedad
Lactation Curve
Non-Pregnant Cows
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