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Association of postpartum uterine diseases with lying time and metabolic profiles of multiparous Holstein dairy cows in the transition period
- Source :
- Veterinary journal (London, England : 1997). 263
- Publication Year :
- 2020
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Abstract
- The objective of this study was to assess how uterine disorders alter the lying behaviour and plasma biomarkers in dairy cows. 34 multiparous cows were retrospectively classified into three groups according to the first uterine disorder that cows were diagnosed with: retained placenta (RP), metritis (MET), or healthy (H; cows without any clinical disease). Lying time (LT) and duration of lying bouts (LB) were monitored between 6 weeks prior to and 8 weeks after calving via the AfiAct II pedometer. Blood samples were collected routinely between 14 days before and 28 days after calving. Data was analysed using Proc MIXED of SAS ver. 9.4. Regardless of grouping, both LT and LB were longer (P 0.01) in the prepartum period (774 ± 16.6 min/day and 89.9 ± 2.1 min/bout) than in the first 28 days after calving (DFC; 653 ± 16.7 min/day and 63.7 ± 2.1 min/bout). Cows with RP had longer LT than healthy cows during the last 3 weeks before calving (837 ± 30.9 vs. 735 ± 27.1 min/day; P 0.05). LT in cows with MET and healthy cows were not significantly different. The LB was similar among groups, averaging 76.1 ± 3.4 min/bout in healthy cows, 73.2 ± 3.8 min/bout in cows with RP, and 75.2 ± 3.7 min/bout in cows with MET (P 0.05). Compared with healthy cows, cows with RP laid down longer and stood up for shorter times (P 0.05), particularly before calving. In addition, cows with RP had increased mobilization of body stores and more pronounced inflammatory status, as demonstrated by plasma haptoglobin (P = 0.04) and albumin (P 0.01) concentrations. Our data suggest that automatic monitoring of lying behaviour could help identify cows at increased risk of developing certain disorders, such as RP.
- Subjects :
- Transition period
Time Factors
Posture
Ice calving
Cattle Diseases
Plasma biomarkers
Animal science
Retained placenta
Pregnancy
medicine
Animals
Lying behaviour
Metritis
Pedometer
Serum Albumin
Retrospective Studies
Uterine Diseases
General Veterinary
Behavior, Animal
Haptoglobins
business.industry
Postpartum Period
Parturition
Settore AGR/19 - ZOOTECNICA SPECIALE
Puerperal Disorders
Clinical disease
medicine.disease
Uterine Disorder
Metabolome
Animal Science and Zoology
Cattle
Female
business
Biomarkers
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 15322971
- Volume :
- 263
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Veterinary journal (London, England : 1997)
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....cf1a2c3a94f783bcd9d21b89f51c7256