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Animal-Based Measurements to Assess the Welfare of Dairy Cull Cows during Pre-Slaughter

Animals, 2020
Culling is the departure of cows from the herd as a result of sale, slaughter, health, national regulations, salvage, or death. Cull cows are removed from farms with poor health, production, behavior, or other problems, and during pre-slaughter they are ...
Marlyn H. Romero, Magali Rodríguez-Palomares, Jorge Alberto Sánchez   +2 more
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Observational study on dry period length and its associations with milk production, culling risk, and fertility in Italian dairy farms

Journal of Dairy Science, 2023
: From an initial data set involving 84,189 lactations, this research evaluated the relationship between dry period length (DPL) and milk production, culling risk, and fertility.
M. Guadagnini, P. Amodeo, F. Biscarini, A. Bolli, P. Moroni   +4 more
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Effect of non-genetic factors on voluntary and involuntary culling in Holstein Friesian crossbred cattle

Indian Journal of Animal Sciences, 2016
The present study focused on analysis of annual disposal pattern and identification of non-genetic factors affecting the incidence of culling in Holstein Friesian crossbred cattle.
SHAKTI KANT DASH, ASHOK KUMAR GUPTA, AVTAR SINGH, TUSHAR KUMAR MOHANTY, ARPAN UPADHYAY, RAVI KANT GUPTA, MANOJ M   +6 more
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Evidence-based control of canine rabies: a critical review of population density reduction [PDF]

, 2013
Control measures for canine rabies include vaccination and reducing population density through culling or sterilization. Despite the evidence that culling fails to control canine rabies, efforts to reduce canine population density continue in many parts
Boots, M., Morters, M.K., Conlan, A.J.K., Restif, O., Hampson, K., Cleaveland, S., Wood, J.L.N.   +6 more
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Culling-induced changes in badger (Meles meles) behaviour, social organisation and the epidemiology of bovine tuberculosis.

PLoS ONE, 2011
In the UK, attempts since the 1970s to control the incidence of bovine tuberculosis (bTB) in cattle by culling a wildlife host, the European badger (Meles meles), have produced equivocal results.
Philip Riordan, Richard John Delahay, Chris Cheeseman, Paul James Johnson, David Whyte Macdonald   +4 more
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Modeling the Effect of Lameness on Culling of Dairy Cows in Tehran Province [PDF]

Iranian Journal of Veterinary Surgery, 2009
Objective-To assess the effect of lameness on culling of dairy cows in Tehran province. Design- Historical cohort study. Study population and procedures- 7067 first- and second-parity Holstein dairy cows that calved from March, 21 2007 to March, 20 2008 ...
Alireza Bahonar, Hamid Sharifi, Saied Bokaie, Mehdi Vodjgani, Abbas Rahimi Foroushani, Ali Akbar Haghdoost   +5 more
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Cumulative Risk of Bovine Mastitis Treatments in Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden

Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica, 2004
Data from the national dairy cow recording systems during 1997 were used to calculate lactation-specific cumulative risk of mastitis treatments and cumulative risk of removal from the herds in Denmark, Finland Norway and Sweden.
Saloniemi H, Agger JF, Lindberg A, Lawson LG, Valde JP, Østerås O   +5 more
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The Relevance of Caseous Lymphadenitis as a Cause of Culling in Adult Sheep

Animals, 2020
Four hundred and ninety-eight culled sheep received at the Ruminant Clinical Service of the Veterinary Faculty of Zaragoza, Spain, were examined in life and after humanitarian sacrifice in order to reach the final diagnosis of the cause of culling and to
Héctor Ruiz, Luis Miguel Ferrer, Juan José Ramos, Cristina Baselga, Oihane Alzuguren, María Teresa Tejedor, Ricardo de Miguel, Delia Lacasta   +7 more
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The association between age at first calving and survival of first lactation heifers within dairy herds

Animal, 2016
The objective of this research was to evaluate the survival rate of primiparous heifers within a large sample of herds across the United Kingdom and specifically to assess the association between age at first calving (AFC) on their survival.
V.E. Sherwin, C.D. Hudson, A. Henderson, M.J. Green   +3 more
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Mortality pattern of Murrah buffalo males in an organised herd [PDF]

Veterinary World, 2014
Aim: The present study was carried out to analyze mortality pattern in Murrah buffalo males in National Dairy Research Institute herd. Materials and Methods: Records of 1029 Murrah buffalo males born during the period 1997-2012, at NDRI, Karnal, were ...
Pushp Raj Shivahre, A. K. Gupta, A. Panmei, M. Bhakat, V. Kumar, S. K. Dash, S. Dash , A. Upadhyay   +7 more
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