The effect of lameness on the resting behavior and metabolic status of dairy cattle during the transition period in a freestall-housed dairy herd

• Published in: Journal of dairy science Vol. 94; no. 6; pp. 2883 - 2894
• Main Authors: Calderon, D.F., Cook, N.B.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY Elsevier Inc 01.06.2011; Elsevier
• Subjects: 3-hydroxybutyric acid; Animal productions; Animals; Bedding and Linens - veterinary; behavior; Biological and medical sciences; body condition; calving; Cattle; Cattle Diseases - metabolism; Cattle Diseases - physiopathology; cows; dairy cattle; dairy herds; Female; Food industries; free stalls; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; gait; Gait - physiology; Holstein; Housing, Animal; humidity; hypersensitivity; ketosis; Ketosis - metabolism; Ketosis - veterinary; lameness; Lameness, Animal - metabolism; Lameness, Animal - physiopathology; least squares; Milk and cheese industries. Ice creams; observational studies; Parity; Peripartum Period - physiology; Posture - physiology; Pregnancy; recruitment; risk; Risk Factors; Severity of Illness Index; temperature; Terrestrial animal productions; Time Factors; transition; Vertebrates; behavior; lameness; transition; Vertebrata; Mammalia; Dairy cattle; Dairy industry; Artiodactyla; Behavior; Metabolism; Ungulata; Milk production

The objective of this observational study was to examine the effect of lameness on the resting behavior of dairy cattle through the transition period in a mattress-bedded commercial freestall facility, and explore the relationships between lameness, behavior, and metabolic indicators of disease. A c...