患有充血性心力衰竭和的问题在粮食养的牛和公牛中增加了
1Department of Animal Science, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523, USA.
Animals : an open access journal from MDPI
|October 16, 2024
概括
谷物养牛群中的和充血性心力衰竭正在增加,这影响了动物福利. 这些曾经罕见的疾病现在影响了大量的养场动物,可能与生长特征的遗传选择有关.
科学领域:
- 兽医医学 兽医医学 兽医医学
- 动物科学动物科学
- 农业健康 农业健康
背景情况:
- 在谷物养牛中,腿和充血性心力衰竭 (CHF) 的患病率增加.
- 以前与高海拔地区相关的CHF现在发生在较低的海拔地区.
- 很大比例的料场牛表现出心脏异常.
研究的目的:
- 调查谷物养牛和母牛中腿和心血管疾病发病率上升的情况.
- 鉴定养场牛群中这些健康问题的潜在促成因素.
- 评估这些条件对动物福利的影响.
主要方法:
- 对牛心脏进行屠宰厂检查,以评估心脏异常.
- 随着时间的推移,对谷物养牛的发病率进行分析.
- 健康问题与生长特征的遗传选择的相关性.
主要成果:
- 在34%的经过检查的谷物养牛群中观察到异常膨胀的心脏.
- 在谷物养牛群中,的发病率增加到8%,这与历史数据相比显著上升.
- 越来越多地出现异常的脚结构和腿部形状不佳.
结论:
- 快速生长和大尺寸的ribeye的遗传选择可能与的增加和心脏问题有关.
- 这些健康问题严重危及谷物养牛的福利.
- 患病率上升需要进一步研究管理和遗传因素.
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