Somatic cell count and an Animal Needs Index to evaluate animal welfare in dairy cattle on farms constructed to the standards of the Agriculture and Rural Development Support Institution

IF 0.7 4区农林科学 Q3 AGRICULTURE, DAIRY & ANIMAL SCIENCE

South African Journal of Animal Science Pub Date : 2024-02-13 DOI:10.4314/sajas.v53i4.01

Hasan Keskin, Mustafa Garip

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Abstract

In this research, welfare measurements were made on 14 modern dairy cattle farms (Type 1) with similar enterprise scales and built without any support from any institution, and on eight modern dairy cattle farms (Type 2), which were built with the support of the Agriculture and Rural Development Support Institution (ARDSI), in the province of Konya, Turkey. Welfare levels of dairy cattle farms were measured using the Animal Needs Index (ANI) 35L/2000 method. Milk samples were taken from each of these enterprises and somatic cell counts were obtained. Collected data and calculated ANI scores were compared. While there was a substantial difference between the two enterprise types in terms of the scores obtained for stockmanship (welfare measurement) and the general ANI scores, there was no relationship between the enterprise types in terms of somatic cell count. According to the ANI 35L/2000 welfare measurement method, suitable welfare conditions were provided in these enterprises. However, when examining categories that determine the overall ANI welfare score, deficiencies in some welfare criteria such as flooring, stockmanship, and light–air conditions were noted.

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用体细胞计数和动物需求指数评估按照农业和农村发展支助机构标准建造的农场中奶牛的动物福利情况

本研究对土耳其科尼亚省的 14 个现代化奶牛场（类型 1）和 8 个现代化奶牛场（类型 2）进行了福利测量，前者的企业规模与后者相似，但没有得到任何机构的支持，后者则是在农业与农村发展支持机构（ARDSI）的支持下建立的。使用动物需求指数 (ANI) 35L/2000 方法测量了奶牛场的福利水平。从每个企业采集牛奶样本并获得体细胞计数。对收集的数据和计算出的 ANI 分数进行了比较。虽然两种企业类型在畜牧技术（福利测量）和 ANI 总分方面存在很大差异，但在体细胞数方面却没有任何关系。根据 ANI 35L/2000 福利测量方法，这些企业提供了适当的福利条件。然而，在检查决定 ANI 福利总分的类别时，发现一些福利标准存在缺陷，如地板、畜牧技术和光照条件。

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South African Journal of Animal Science 农林科学-奶制品与动物科学

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期刊介绍： The South African Journal of Animal Science is an open access, peer-reviewed journal for publication of original scientific articles and reviews in the field of animal science. The journal publishes reports of research dealing with production of farmed animal species (cattle, sheep, goats, pigs, horses, poultry and ostriches), as well as pertinent aspects of research on aquatic and wildlife species. Disciplines covered nutrition, genetics, physiology, and production systems. Systematic research on animal products, behaviour, and welfare are also invited. Rigorous testing of well-specified hypotheses is expected.