{"id":8803,"date":"2020-12-07T15:10:09","date_gmt":"2020-12-07T11:40:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dama-arya.com\/new\/2020\/12\/07\/the-importance-of-animal-comfort-in-dairy-cow-herds\/"},"modified":"2020-12-07T15:10:09","modified_gmt":"2020-12-07T11:40:09","slug":"the-importance-of-animal-comfort-in-dairy-cow-herds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dama-arya.com\/en\/2020\/12\/07\/the-importance-of-animal-comfort-in-dairy-cow-herds\/","title":{"rendered":"The importance of animal comfort in dairy cow herds"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong> <span class=\"fontstyle0\">Introduction<\/span><\/strong><span class=\"fontstyle1\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span class=\"fontstyle0\">Efficient management and suitable environment are essential factors for the health and well-being of<br \/>\ndairy cows. Sufficient rest has a positive effect on production, health and well-being of dairy cows. Place<br \/>\nof storage and structures (place shape, space available to cows, place management, Fenced area<br \/>\nmanagement, milking corridor and movement paths), feed and water, health and comfort (lameness,<br \/>\nhealth of motor organs and hoof care, heat stress) are among the areas with They are important in terms<br \/>\nof the comfort of dairy cows and affect the well-being and behavior of cows. When it comes to animal<br \/>\ncomfort, the most important thing to pay attention to is the daily rest of the cow. When the access to the<br \/>\nplace is limited, the cows prefer to lie down in the corridors and this causes stress.<br \/>\nOne of the important issues in keeping dairy cows is their density in Fenced area. In a study whose results<br \/>\nwere published in 2016 in the journal of the American Dairy Science Association, the sleeping rate of cows<br \/>\nin different housing conditions was compared in terms of density. In this study, three groups of dairy cows<br \/>\nwith densities of 82%, 100% and 129% were examined. In Fenced area, with a density of 82%, the<br \/>\nproportion of cows that lay down for more than 12 hours a day was higher than the other two groups.<br \/>\nOther studies show that the excessive density of Fenced area up to 115% has no effect on the duration of<br \/>\nlying down and daily rumination, while increasing the density to more than 130% leads to a decrease in<br \/>\nthe time of lying down and reducing the time of receiving feed. On the other hand, the time There is a<br \/>\ndirect relationship between lying down and milk production. The materials needed for milk production<br \/>\nreach the mammary glands through the blood stream, which is in a better position while lying down.<br \/>\nTherefore, the density of the spring through the effect on the duration of lying down may affect milk<br \/>\nproduction. In the free stall system, dairy cows generally lie down for about 11 hours a day. On the other<br \/>\nhand, with the increase of breastfeeding days, the duration of lying down increases. Of course, calving<br \/>\nabdomen causes interference in this process, so that cows with first abdomen in early lactation number<br \/>\nThey lie down more often but for less time, and as they approach the end of lactation, the number of<br \/>\ntimes lying down decreases and its duration increases. The suitability of the size and bed of the free stall<br \/>\nand the appropriate width of the corridors also play a significant role in the duration of lying down. In a<br \/>\nstudy conducted in Canada in 2015, it was found that in free places with a height of more than 22 cm from<br \/>\nthe floor and also in place with a sand bed, the duration of lying down increases. Also, the width of the<br \/>\nfeeding corridor of more than 350 cm leads to the improvement of the lying time of the cows. Also, when<br \/>\nthe width of the place is more than 114 cm, the duration of daily rest will be longer. Places with a bed of<br \/>\nsand with a depth of more than 2 cm make the conditions for cow resting more favorable. On the opposite<br \/>\nside, the rubber bed in the feeding aisle has reduced the average lying time. Basically, a change in the<br \/>\nbehavior of resting or lying down can be related to the pain or discomfort of the animal. In fact, examining<br \/>\nresting behavior is not only an indicator for identifying sick cows, but can also be used as a tool to predict<br \/>\ncows at risk of disease.<\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"fontstyle0\">Overall result<br \/>\nAs a summary, it should be noted that the resting behavior of dairy cows depends on various factors such<br \/>\nas calving, lactation stage, herd factors related to cow lying down and standing. The amount of daily rest<br \/>\nof dairy cows is a very important and efficient indicator in the early identification of risk factors related to<br \/>\nthe well-being of the herd.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Introduction Efficient management and suitable environment are essential factors for the health and well-being of dairy cows. Sufficient rest has a positive effect on production, health and well-being of dairy cows. Place of storage and structures (place shape, space available to cows, place management, Fenced area management, milking corridor and movement paths), feed and water, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8033,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[426],"tags":[463,464,465,458],"class_list":["post-8803","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-research-and-development-en","tag-animal-comfort","tag-cow-welfare","tag-free-stall","tag-milk-production"],"views":0,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dama-arya.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8803","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dama-arya.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dama-arya.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dama-arya.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dama-arya.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8803"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dama-arya.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8803\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dama-arya.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8033"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dama-arya.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8803"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dama-arya.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8803"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dama-arya.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8803"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}