{"id":8808,"date":"2020-04-23T21:25:34","date_gmt":"2020-04-23T17:55:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dama-arya.com\/new\/2020\/04\/23\/cow-brushes-more-than-a-cleaning-tool\/"},"modified":"2020-04-23T21:25:34","modified_gmt":"2020-04-23T17:55:34","slug":"cow-brushes-more-than-a-cleaning-tool","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dama-arya.com\/en\/2020\/04\/23\/cow-brushes-more-than-a-cleaning-tool\/","title":{"rendered":"Cow brushes: more than a cleaning tool"},"content":{"rendered":"

The use or lack of use of cow brushes may be an early sign of stress or disease in dairy cows
\nCows spend their days doing basic activities, such as sleeping and eating, and luxury activities, such as
\nplaying and exploring. These luxurious activities are reduced when the animal is stressed or sick. Brushes
\nare usually installed to help keep cows clean, increase milk yield and enrich the environment<\/span>. <\/span>cow
\nbrushes
\nCan the use or non-use of cow brushes tell us how the cow feels?
\nSome researchers think so. In one study, cow brushes activity was recorded for a period of 56 days.
\nAbout 70% of the cows used cow brushes 4.5 times a day on average. cow brushes activity increased
\nwith the length of the day and reached its peak around 6 pm. Cows were fed twice a day, on both sides
\nof where the caw brushes was installed, on the opposite side of the caw brushes, or on both sides. The
\nplace of feeding had a great influence on the use of the caw brushes.
\n81% of the cows used it when the caw brush was available from the side of the cow. 68% of the time of
\nuse was when food was available on both sides of the caw brushes. Only 53% of the time used was
\nwhen the feed was on the opposite side. The highest number of uses per day was when there was feed
\nin the caw brushes area. During testing, the temperature heat index (THI) was between 56 and
\n77degrees Fahrenheit. On days when feed was versus scrap, THI was negatively associated with caw
\nbrushes use. THI did not have a significant effect on days when feed was available on the side or both
\nsides. During the night, when the cows were fed on the side of the caw brushes, its use increased
\nWhen the rectal ultrasound test was performed, on average, the use of cow brushes was reduced by
\n35%. The effect after ultrasound examination was not significant, but the use of cow brushes after
\npregnancy was significantly less. This problem can occur as a result of stress from ultrasound testing and
\nartificial insemination, which may distract the animal from other activities. Results:
\nThe use of caw brushes decreases due to stress or illness. This change in behavior can be a good
\nindicator for the diagnosis of previous diseases and more effective treatments in the future.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The use or lack of use of cow brushes may be an early sign of stress or disease in dairy cows Cows spend their days doing basic activities, such as sleeping and eating, and luxury activities, such as playing and exploring. These luxurious activities are reduced when the animal is stressed or sick. Brushes are […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7811,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[427,426],"tags":[438,477,475,479,436,481,478,473,476,480,474,439],"class_list":["post-8808","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-articles-en","category-research-and-development-en","tag-animal-husbandry","tag-animal-husbandry-en","tag-cow-brush","tag-cow-grooming","tag-cutting-the-horn","tag-dairy-industry","tag-full-electronic-shell","tag-ground-cow","tag-livestock-diseases","tag-reducing-cow-stress","tag-use-of-scales","tag-veterinary-medicine"],"views":0,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dama-arya.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8808","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=8808"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dama-arya.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8808\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dama-arya.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7811"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dama-arya.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8808"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dama-arya.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8808"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dama-arya.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8808"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}