The Effect of Compost-Bedded Pack Barns on Claw Health and Lameness in Dairy Herds in Southern Germany.

IF 2.7 2区农林科学 Q1 AGRICULTURE, DAIRY & ANIMAL SCIENCE

Animals Pub Date : 2025-05-07 DOI:10.3390/ani15091347

Phillip Andreas Guhl, Adrian Steiner, Lisa Bachmann, Maike Heppelmann

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Abstract

The aim of this study was to determine claw health and lameness prevalence in cows housed in CBPs in southern Germany. Eight farms that housed their dairy cows in CBPs were visited for data collection once in the warm season and once in the cold season between January and December 2023. The first visit was during hoof trimming of the herd to identify claw disorders, score lameness, and assess the bedded pack resting area. Lameness was scored again and the bedded pack resting area assessed at the second visit. To compare claw health at cow and farm levels, a cow claw score (CCS) and a farm claw score (FCS) were calculated using geometric severity scores. The prevalence of lameness at cow level was 9.4% in the cold season and 11.1% in the warm season, which were lower than values reported in studies that investigated cubicle free-stall barns. The low prevalences of lameness and claw disorders were reflected in a CCS of 8 and FCS of 9, which are defined as excellent. Based on our results, CBPs are associated with low lameness prevalence and favourable claw health.

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德国南部堆肥床式包装仓对奶牛爪部健康和跛行的影响。

本研究的目的是确定德国南部CBPs中奶牛的爪健康和跛行发生率。在2023年1月至12月期间，在温暖季节和寒冷季节分别访问了8个在CBPs中饲养奶牛的农场进行数据收集。第一次访问是在牛群的蹄修剪期间，以确定爪障碍，评分跛行，并评估有床的狼群休息区域。再次对跛行进行评分，并在第二次访问时评估有床的背包休息区域。为了比较奶牛和农场水平的爪健康，使用几何严重性评分计算牛爪评分（CCS）和农场爪评分（FCS）。奶牛水平的跛行患病率在寒冷季节为9.4%，在温暖季节为11.1%，低于调查隔间自由栏的研究报告的值。跛行和爪障碍的低患病率反映在CCS为8和FCS为9，这被定义为优秀。根据我们的结果，CBPs与低跛行患病率和有利的爪健康有关。

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Animals Agricultural and Biological Sciences-Animal Science and Zoology

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4.90

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16.70%

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3015

审稿时长

20.52 days

期刊介绍： Animals (ISSN 2076-2615) is an international and interdisciplinary scholarly open access journal. It publishes original research articles, reviews, communications, and short notes that are relevant to any field of study that involves animals, including zoology, ethnozoology, animal science, animal ethics and animal welfare. However, preference will be given to those articles that provide an understanding of animals within a larger context (i.e., the animals'' interactions with the outside world, including humans). There is no restriction on the length of the papers. Our aim is to encourage scientists to publish their experimental and theoretical research in as much detail as possible. Full experimental details and/or method of study, must be provided for research articles. Articles submitted that involve subjecting animals to unnecessary pain or suffering will not be accepted, and all articles must be submitted with the necessary ethical approval (please refer to the Ethical Guidelines for more information).