北克乳制品农场的设施和住房,养殖和健康管理实践:一项回顾性描述性研究
Heidi Jim1, Eduardo S Ribeiro2, Bruna Mion3
1Population Medicine, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, N1G 2W1, Canada.
Journal of dairy science
|October 11, 2025
概括
北克的奶牛场在床铺,干燥养和脚修剪方面表现出优势,但需要改善通风和有针对性的干燥协议. 加强这些做法可以改善整体群体的健康和福利.
科学领域:
- 乳牛管理 乳牛管理
- 群体健康与福利 群体健康与福利
- 住房系统 住房系统
背景情况:
- 了解当前的住房和牲畜管理对于优化奶牛场生产率和动物福利至关重要.
- 北克的乳制品农场利用住房系统的混合,主要是tiestall设施,越来越多地过渡到freestall系统.
- 现有数据提供了一个机会,比较现有实践与既定指南.
研究的目的:
- 描述和评估北克乳制品农场的住房和牲畜管理实践.
- 根据既定标准,确定当前管理策略的优点和弱点.
- 为北克乳牛群建立基准,以指导未来改善群体健康和福利.
主要方法:
- 这是一项回顾性描述性研究,利用从1965个北克乳牛群中采集的现有调查数据.
- 乳腺网技术人员收集的数据包括住房,养殖和群体健康的36个问题 (2020年3月至2021年2月).
- 结果使用描述性统计数据进行分析,并按设施类型进行分离:自由 (FS) 和小 (TS) 群.
主要成果:
- 大多数牲畜 (80%) 使用tiestall设施,20%使用freestall,36%在2016年后从tiestall过渡.
- 优势包括经常在小屋里铺床,减少预干料 (>59%FS;>75%TS),例行修剪脚 (>80%),以及适当的照明 (>85%).
- 需要改进的领域:二次通风 (<45%FS; <20%TS),有针对性的干燥协议 (>80%使用单一协议) 和乳头密封剂使用 (45%使用没有密封剂的抗生素).
结论:
- 北克的奶牛农场在特定领域展示了良好的实践,例如床上用品,干燥养,脚剪裁和照明.
- 通过更多地采用二次通风,有针对性的干燥协议和使用乳头密封剂来改善群体健康和福利,存在显著的机会.
- 建立基准强调了需要有针对性的干预措施,以加强全省的管理实践.
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