支持虚拟围的旋转放牧系统:牧场过渡,牛犊的表现和应激反应
N A Grinnell1, D Hamidi1, M Komainda1
1Department of Crop Sciences, Grassland Science, Georg-August-University Göttingen, Von-Siebold-Strasse 8, 37075 Göttingen, Germany.
Animal : an international journal of animal bioscience
|January 25, 2025
概括
虚拟围 (VF) 技术有效地管理轮值放牧系统中的牛,而不会对动物福利或表现产生负面影响. 这种创新方法简化了劳动力,并增强了可持续的畜牧生产.
科学领域:
- 动物科学动物科学
- 农业技术 农业技术
- 可持续的畜牧生产 可持续的畜牧生产
背景情况:
- 动物福利对于可持续的畜牧业生产至关重要,放牧场可以提高牛群的福利.
- 轮换养殖管理虽然有利于福利,但由于高劳动力需求,它面临着采用障碍.
- 虚拟围 (VF) 为牧场管理和远程监控提供了一种不那么繁的替代方案.
研究的目的:
- 为了研究虚拟围 (VF) 的生理和性能影响,与肉牛小牛在轮转养下的物理电动围相比.
- 评估与VF技术相关的饮食消化能力,牲畜表现和压力反应 (便皮质醇代谢物).
- 为了评估牛的学习曲线和适应在轮值放牧系统中的VF线索.
主要方法:
- 一项为期8周的研究涉及32只分为四组的牛牛,在旋转放牧系统中使用VF和物理电.
- 监控 VF 暗示交互 (成功率和信心率) 和转换所需的时间.
- 评估草本质量,体重增加和便中皮质醇代谢物 (FCM) 度.
主要成果:
- 在两个放牧周期中,VF的成功率和适应性得到了改善,动物学会对听觉线索做出反应.
- 在VF和物理围组之间没有观察到压力指标 (FCM) 或体重增加的显著差异.
- 在VF群体中,动物进入新牧场所需的时间减少了,这表明有效的学习和管理.
结论:
- 虚拟围是一种可行的技术,可用于轮值放牧,与传统的物理围相比,它对牛的福利或表现没有不利影响.
- 通过减少劳动力需求并实现有效的牧场管理,VF技术有可能促进可持续的畜牧生产.
- 对各种放牧条件的VF系统进行进一步的研究是有必要的,以探索其在畜牧管理中的全部潜力.
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