Effect of health and reproductive disorders on milk yield and fertility in dairy cows

Authors

  • A. Oresnik University in Ljubljana, Biotechnical Faculty, Zootechnical Department, 61230 Domzale, Slovenia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21423/bovine-vol1995no29p43-45

Keywords:

bovine mastitis, cattle diseases, cows, dairy cows, dairy herds, endometritis, fertility, foot diseases, ketosis, lameness, mastitis, milk yield, nutritional disorders, parturient paresis, placental retention, reproduction, reproductive disorders, surveys

Abstract

Milk production, fertility and reproductive disorders were studied during 1153 lactations in Friesian cows on 5 Slovenian dairy farms. The average milk yield was 5631 ± 1775 kg/year. Mastitis was diagnosed in 42.1, lameness in 15.1, metritis in 23.9 and retained placenta in 16.1% of lactations. These 4 disorders represented 86.7% of all pathological findings in the herds. A significant influence of farm, lactation number and diseases on milk yield was found. Ketosis and parturient paresis was associated with higher milk yields and mastitis, retained placenta and abortion with lower milk yield. Fertility was negatively influenced by all diseases.

Cover image of the 29th Volume of the Bovine Practitioner: a photo of the San Antonio Riverwalk as seen from a riverside restaurant. Tables of patrons converse and watch a docking riverboat filled with passengers.

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Published

1995-09-01

Issue

No. 29 (1995 September)

Section

Articles

How to Cite

Effect of health and reproductive disorders on milk yield and fertility in dairy cows. (1995). The Bovine Practitioner, 1995(29), 43-45. https://doi.org/10.21423/bovine-vol1995no29p43-45