JDS Flashcards
What did Malik et al say about heat treatment of colostrum
April 22
Low heat treatment <60C..
* decreased COLOSTRAL IgG by 5.38g/l
* increased SERUM IgG by 2.65g/l
* incraesed SERUm TP by 0.21 g/dL
Buckzinzki et al and the use of ATP luminometry to assess cleanliness of equipment for colostrum feeding
Feb 22
<1000RLU vs >1000RLU associated with hygeine and health dimension
Buckzinski et al on calfhood respiratory disease and the effect on performance
Jul 21
- Heifers with BRD 2.85X odds of dying
- 2.3x odds of herd removal before 1st calving
- ADLWG down by 0.067kg/day
- Produced 121.2l less in 1st lactation
Haagen et al - genetic parameters for FPT
Feb 21
- Heritability of STP 0.06-0.08
- Heritability of FPT 0.08-0.11
- STP is heritable and favourably correlated with health/calving and production
Kessler et al - Comparative estimation of colostrum qual across species
Feb 21
- Bovine highest in IgG conc
- Sheep higher in fat and protein
- goat - highest lactose
- Brix highly correlated with IgG and protein conc
- 19.3% cows
- 26.5% sheep
- 20.7% does
Goetz - ID biomarkers for morb and mort and ADLWG in veal calves
Jan 21
- High haptoglobin and molybedenum = inc morbidity
- higher weight high CK and IgG = reduced morbidity
- higher weight high cholesterol and high IgG = reduced mortality
- High weight, cholesterol, copper, CK, iron and IgG = inc ADLWG
- high zinc and haptoglobin = reduced ADLWG
Clark et al on meloxicam neonatal calves - IgG and performance
Dec 20
- No affect on IgG uptake
- No affect on BW
- meloxicam calves consumed more starter feed
Setser- microchips for temperature
Oct 20
Implant sites and rectal temp do not correlate in vivo studys
Goetz - transport and age on biochemical variables
April 23
- Inc NEFA and BHB in 12h journeys cf 6h
- Glucose lower after 16h journey cf 6h
- Older calves - more acidotic on long journeys
Pisoni - biomarkers to determine colostrum provision
Jan 23
GGT and TP were still good indicators of colostrum uptake post 14d age
Roder - Transdermal flunixin on blood cortisol disbudding
April 22
- TD flunixin given at the time of disbudding with LA decreased plasma cortisol
- TD flunixin given 6h later - no effect
Morin- colostrum management and FPT
April 21
- Odds of adequate PT 2.6x higher when fed >2.5litres colostrum
- 2.9x higher when colostrum >24.5% brix
- 1.6x higher when colostrum recieved within 3 h birth
- TBC and TCC not associated in final models with adequate PT
Mitchell - soybean hulls replaced by grass hay on calf performance
Feb21
- increasing grass hay >8% of SBH is detrimental
- 8% GH and 16% soy bean hull = optimised rumen functionality and feed efficiency
Jouruqin - sublincial and chronic pneumonia effects of AB therapy and outcomes on adg and ccw
Jan 23
- quick thoracic ultrasound and BAL provide good information
- chronic pneumonia - lower ADG cf no pneumonia
- full cure - lower ADG than no pneumonia
- consolodation - lead to higher liklihood of chronic pneumonia and lower ADG
- Chronic pneumonia - lower cold carcass weight
Ansari- fennel seed and oregano on calf growth and health
Aug 22
- FSP and OLP beneficial on growth and health (FSP>OLP)
- 57 calves in trial
- Supp decreased duration of diarrhoea/BRD but not frequency
Cuttance- Suckling behaviours of calves at pasture
Jul 22
- 63.7% calves suckled in calving paddock
- 58% suckled within 6h birth
- time to standing, calves born to younger dams, frequency of collection (once daily = more calves suckled)
- Very large variability
Kekana - prepartum use of Moringa leaf meal (Molm) on dam health and colostrum quality
Jul 22
- MOLM fed cows - inc IgG in colostrum
- MOLM colostrum higher in composition
- Calves MOLM cows- higher birth blood glucose
Bowen - early prediction of BRD in preweaned calves using behaviour and feeding
Nov 21
High spec 0.95/mod sens 0.54 for disease using movememnt analysis AND feeding activity
van Keulen - postpartum collection time and colostrum quality on PT and intestinal development
Nov 21
- 75% early collected calves 58% late collected calves had APT
- High qual colostrum fed calves had increased SA of duodenum and jejunim
- villus height to crypt depth higher in high qual colostrum
- ADLWG higher in high qual colostrum
- time for collection not as many affects as quality of colostrum fed
Chishti - starch protein interaction in the rumen of weaned dairy calves
May 21
- High protein and high starch diet had best overall digestibilty
Jafari- physical form of starter feed and effect on growth and performance
Dec 20
- finely ground and textured starter feeds can be used when calves are fed high milk allowance
- high milk allowance had a positive effect vs low milk allowance
Mahendra - calf management practices and perceptions of housing in the UK
Jan 22
- Majority of farms dont provide new bedding daily (65%)
- few disinfect housing (38%) and ground (47%) between calves
- bull euth and waste milk feeding happen on some farms still
- restricted milk feeding common milk replcement powder (52%) twice daily (87%)
- vets involved day to day 1.4%
Conboy - How good are modifications of feeding behaviour for health monitoring of calves
21
Sensitivity is good (78-84%) to ID calves with d+/BRD/general malaise
Specificity is bad (21-26%) clinical exam is needed
Cantor - Effect of colostrum replacer as a neutraceutical
21
Reduction in BRD but no effect on diarrhoea
Liu - Tributyrim supplementation of pastuerised milk
Dec 21
-Starter intake and hay intake did not differ
- No effect on feed efficiency
- inconclusive and weak evidence
Immler - Metabolic status and health/age of cow on colostrum quality
Sept 21
- prepartum vacc lead to higher brix%
- 2nd parity cows had lower readings than 3rd and above
- lameness = lower brix%
- Increased glutamate dehydrogenase and serum Ca = lower brix%
- Metabolic health of cow has an affect on brix and therefore passive transfer
Reedman - Use of sedation of 2-6 week old calves for disbudding
May 21
- No difference in tx groups in mean daily milk intake at 72h post
- Sedated calves- reduced milk intake 0-24h and 24-48h post
- no sedation = 4.5 times odds of struggling
- 24h post sedated calves 2x more likely to play
- Prolonged suckling effect but otherwise good effects from xylazine
McAloon - Seroprevalance of M Bovis in bulk milk samples and risk factors
June 22
Herd prevalence of 0.45
Risk factors
- herd size
- no of neighbouring farms
- in degree
- country
Zhou - Pathogens and RF BRD NE china
Jan 23
Beef cattle > dairy cattle susceptibility of suppurative/caseous necrotising pneumonia. BVD highly related
Dairy calve s<3m and beef calves >3m most at risk
Mixed infections bacteria (73%) viruses (50%) and m bovis (23%)
Hazelton - Mycoplasma spp and repro performance
Dec 20
Mycoplasma infrequeantly isolated from vagina
slow to conceive cows/empty cows had higher likelihood of M bovigenitalium post bull exposure
Longer exposure/more services from bull = higher chance of mycoplasma isolated
Hazelton - Mycoplasmas risks of clinical dz post exposure as calves
Dec 20
Small number still have m bovis as heifers - long term carrier state after exposure as calves
In a group of 50 heifers exposed pre weaning - probability of having 1 shedding heifer post calving is non trivial
Haapala - M bovis in dairy herds RF and control
Feb 21
Insemination with an m bovis positive bull increases odds of infection
Control:
* Culling of m bovis mastitis
* Isolation of calves from older animals
* Prevent nose nose contact
* Early detection in milk - PCR
* HYGIENE
Cantor - behavioural measures to indicate BRD
Jul 22
Calves with BRD diagnosed at average age 33+- 9d
Decreased milk/starter intake, inc lying times, fewer lying bouts, decreased step count and activity
Relative changes in unrewarded visits useful for algorithm when dz -5days is baseline for visits
Jensen - effect of hides and parity on behavious of calving at pasture
Jul 22
Primiparous cows calves furthest away from feed and stayed away post calving
More cows = less likely to be away from cows at calving
Peetsalu - Colostrum on calves acute-phase response (APR) and association of APR with weight gain
Jul 22
Colostral cytokines influence calf serum cytokines
Factors that activate an APR in 2nd and 3rd week of life have long term influence on calf development
Reedman - Nutrition and analgesia on wound healing post disbudding
Jul 22
Good nutritional plane heals faster and more activity
Extra NSAID 3d post slows healing but alleviates pain 1-2wks post (less time lying)
Mason - Passive transfer to calves at pasture
Jul 22
- For every hour post birth that it took a calf to have first suckle odds of FPT at day 3 increased by 1.21 times
- Calves that suckled 2, 3-4 or >5 times had 0.42, 0.35 and 0.1 times the odds of FPT compared to suckling once
Prom - prepartum beta carotene supplementation on colostrum
Nov 22
Supplementatipon did not affect colostral or calf IgG
Uyama - Calf management in canada and AMU
Nov 22
Transition milk fed calves required less antimicrobials
Carter - Colostrum as therapy for diarrhoea
Dec 22
Long term colostrum = faster resolution of diarrhoea and increased growth rates
Berman - BRD scoring system guiding tx
Dec 22
Calves with 2 of the following -31% had active BRD .
Without at least 2 findings 100% chance not active BRD
* cough
* ear droop
* head tilt
* rectal temp >39.7
>3 calves/10 positive = 94% chance active BRD prevalence >10%
<3 calves positive = 95% chance not active BRD
Dado-Senn - Detecting heat stress in hutch housed calves
Feb 23
RR and rectal temp rise at temp-humidity of 69 or drybulb temp 21C
Monitoring calves before ambient temp is 21C
RR 44 temp 38.5C key thresholds
Perttu - feeding behaviours automated milk feeders and dz
Feb 23
Total milk intake, drinking speed, intervals between visits, calf age and rewarded visits significantly associated with health status
TMI and speed inc = healthy calf
increase in intervals and age = sick
Van Niekerk - corn starch feeding and MR amounts
March 20
Rate of MR feeding has larger affect then the processing of corn on performance, digestibility and bacterial communities
Aragona - Nicotinic acid supp on IgG
March 20
Increased nicotinic acid supp = increased colostrum quality and 32g/d increased feed efficiency
Aragona - Starter feed form and forage
March 20
High starch low fiber = >9% more growth than low starch
Restricted starter and ad lib hay - decreased DMI by 13-17%
Restricted forage should be fed 2-4mo
Pardon - RF for BCV virus
March 20
- Detection of M haemolitica
- increasing herd size
- Previous detection of BCV in faeces
Pardon - RF for bRSV infection
March 20
- Seasonal - Autumn>winter
- Presence of PI3
- Inc prev of resp dz in calves
- Inc duration of resp dx in calves
Pardon - RF for H somni
March 20
- Calf pen group size >5
- Sawdust bedding
Pardon - RF for M bovis
March 20
- Purchase of cattle
- Housing of recent purchased cattle in the same airspace
Aragona- Supplementation of nicotinic acid to pre partum cows and the effect on colostral IgG and feed efficiency
March 20
- Inc levels of nicotinic acid increased colostrum quality
- 32 g/d increased feed efficiency in calves
Renaud - RF associated with FPT in dairy calves (retrospective study)
April 20
RF:
* Calf sex
* colostrum volume fed
* level of calving assistance
* colostrum feeding method
Male calves 0.14g/dL lower sTP than female
Pyo - Feeding colostrum 3 days post natal effect on small intestinal growth
May 20
Extended colostrum and colostrum-milk mix heightened SL villi and increased SA
Lopez - IgG absorption of maternal colostrum, whey based colostrum or supplemented low qual colostrum
May 20
All resulted in acceptable levels of IgG at 24h
Efficiency of IgG absorption was greater in calves fed colostrum replacer
Hyde - Analysis of calf mortality in GB
March 20
- Dairy calves (6%) mortality> beef calves (2.86%) in first 3 months
- 0-3month old death rate at slaughterhouses has increased from 17% (2011) to 26% in 2018
Kovacs - Upper critical temp-humidity index (THI) level for dairy calves
March 20
Welfare compromised above THI 78
Significant heat stress above THI 88
Gelsinger - Ruminal acidosis in calves
March 20
Ruminal acidosis associated with lower DMI, BW, lower hemoglobin and HCT
Symptoms similar to cows
Guerri - Ultrasonic evaluation of umbilical structures in calves
March 20
Omphaloarteritis could be detected day 1 colour doppler exam - 100% specificity and 100% PPV
Marcanto - effect of pretransport diet and duration of transport on physiological status of young calves
April 20
Short transport duration and provision of milk improved energy status of calves and prevented fat mobilisation
Berends - Exchanging lactose for fat in milk replacer on ad lib feed intake and growth
May 20
Increasing fat content - decreased CMR intake by 10%. ME intake and growth remained equal
Decrease in health events in high fat CMR group
Engleking - feeding hay and starter as a mixture or seperately on growth and blood metabolites
May 20
Greater intake and ADG when fed starter and hay seperately compared to mixture feeding
Van keulen - Arginine or Glutamine supp and milk feeding allowance on SI development
May 20
Increasing milk allowance improved villus height width and SA but only in amino acid supp calves (not control)
Dado-Senn - Pre and post natal heat stress om thermoregulation and performance of calves
May 20
- No pre natal heat stress - improves weight gain, birth weight, haematocrit and IgG transfer
- No post natal heat stress -Increases MR and conc intake, reduced tendancy for fever and reduced health events
Sutter - Evaluation of diff methods to assess FPT
June 20
- All methods correlated to gold standard RID
- Capillary Electophoresis highest correlation r=0.97
- Different cut offs should be used
- Refractometer - serum 5g/dL, plasma 5.5g/dL
- Brix - serum 7.8%, plasma 8.6%
Wilms - hypernatremia in diarrheic calves with ORS and MR with no access to water
June 20
evaluate safety and efficacy
Providding sugar and electrolytes in water and/in milk replacer to calves without water access resulted in hypernatraemia (serum Na+ >145mmol/l) and delayed recovery
Tummler - effects of colostrum and MR on methane production and performance
July 20
10 vs 20% MR
Pre weaning - methane per kg BW lower in animals fed higher level of MR
Post weaning - no difference
Chang - Effects of ZnO and ZnMet on growth and disease
Jul20
Supp with 104mg ZnO - reduced d+ in first 3 days of life and increased IgG and IgM conc
Supp with 457mg Zn Met promoted growth and reduced d+ for 14 days post birth
Mitchell - effect of converting weaned calves from componant fed diet to TMR
Jul20
If managed correctly can be converted to a 15% hay TMR by 8 weeks and maintain growth
Lomonaco - Effect of spray drying milk and colostrum to inactivate bovine leukamia virus
Jul 20
Risk for BLV transmission could be reduced if milk and colostrum were spray dried pre consumption in dairy facilities
Parsons - Weaning strategy and solid feed location for calves fed AMF
Jul 20
- Continuous gradual weaning - equal increments vs multi step increments
- Similar performance and intakes
- Calves with feed adjactent to milk had improved consumption
- 10% greater ADG
Yeste - Tryptphan role in MR to facilitate weaning
Aug 20
No change in stress markers
no effect noted in behaviours at weaning
Wilmes - Determining boundries for swapping lactose with glucose in MR
Aug 20
Increased glucose inclusion did not affect growth but increased mortality (GIT disorders)
No suitable as a replacement.
Reedman - efficacy of pain management with caustic paste disbudding
Aug 20
LA + NSAID is most beneficial for reducing indicators of pain and inflammation
Lopez - Variation in serum IgG with different feeding at birth
Aug 20
Calves fed colostrum replacer had serum IgG below 10g/l for a greater proportion of first month of life
Karger - Extended colostrum feeding for 2 weeks imrpoves growtha dn reduces disease
Sept 20
From day 15 calves moved onto whole milk
Calves recieving colostrum for extended time had greater weaning weights, feed efficiency and reduced disease incidence
Karger - Extended colostrum feeding for 2 weeks improves growth and reduces disease
Sept 20
From day 15 calves moved onto whole milk
Calves recieving colostrum for extended time had greater weaning weights, feed efficiency and reduced disease incidence
Klopp - Post weaning response to using different weaning stratagies when feeding moderate and high MR amounts
Sept 20
- Weaning BW, hip height and width greater for high MR
- Gradual weaning over 21 days effective for High MR but not different for moderate MR feeding
Renaud - Passive immunity and colostrum management Ontario
Sept 20
24% FPT
Risk NOT associated woth calf sex or age
Horvarth - Effects of access to stationary brushes and chopped hay on individually house calves
Sept 20
- Brushes did not affect performance but hay supported intake and growth during weaning
- Access to a brush reduced pen directed sucking. Brush and hay access reduced non nutritive sucking on a teat
Adcock - Behavioural changes in calves 11d post cautery disbudding
Sept 20
Ongoing pain 11days after hot-iron disbudding. Adds to growing body of evidence that pain can persist for weeks post proceedure
Dado-Senn - Assessing heat stress in calves
Sept 20
THI = best environmenetal inicator of heat stress
Monitoring should begin when THI reaches 65-69
Villot- Early supplementation of yeast spp increases IgA production in guts at 1 week age
Sept 20
SCB calves had higher secretory IgA in ileum and colon
IgA production was enhanced
Hromadkova - Effect of colostrum feeding regime on expression of neuroendocrine genes
Sept 20
Extended colostrum feeding upregulated the expression of serotonin receptor genes and increased the abundance of lactobacilis spp and e coli
Mitchell - Various forages and live yeast culture on calf intake growth and digestability
Oct 20
Recently weaned calves perform well on alfalfa hay, corn silage or grass hay
Grass hay reduced weight gain, but all calves still reached level of gain
>900g/d possible with 20% alfalfa, 24.5% corn silage or 11.3% grass hay
Chen - Pre partum zinc supplementation effect on passive transfer
Oct 20
Conc of IgA and IgM increased linearly with increasing Zn-Met - this didnt show up in the calf blood
Potentially could improve passive transfer of immunity
Mitchell - increasing grass hay inclusion on growth and digestibility calves
Oct 20
Feeding a level of grass hay >10% reduces growth and intakes and alters ruminal fermentation
Von koningslow - Leukocte cell counts for predicting morbidity and mortality and growth in veal calves
Oct 20
TP >5.2 = lower mortality
Rectal temp >39.6 = increased morbidity
Dehydration = lower ADG
Elevated lymphocyte counts - increased ADG and decreased morbidity in first 21 days
Mann - Heat treatment of colostrum effects
Oct 20
60min at 60C
No reduction in IgG, reduction of IgA 8.5%
Colostral insulin and IGF-1 decrease, 36% SCC decrease and 93% total bacterial count decrease
Grice - Effects of feeding frequency and protein source MR
Nov 20
MR containing bovine plasma protein and wheat protein = similar growth to just whey and greater starter intake
MR fed in 2 feedings had better growth and feed efficiency than 3 times daily
Mirzaei - Effects of step down weaning on growth and performance
Oct 20
Starter intake greatest in 28dx 8l
ADG and feed efficiency similar across tx
Iniitiation of step down weaning from 4-6 weeks can stimulate starter intake wiht no neg effect on performance
Lui - Feeding an amino acid formulated MR
Nov 20
No difference in growth and performance compared to standard 22% CP diet
Wenge-Dangschat - Changes in fluid and acid base of calves on different ORT
- Isotonic water based rehyration solutions should be used for first aid tx of diarrheoa
- Thereafter milk based solutions and free access water can be used to raise blood pH and osmolality and fulfil the energy needs.
Gingerich - disbudding affects use of shelter
Nov 20
Disbudded calves use shelter more often and spent more time in shelter overall
Pain from disbudding lasts for days post proceedure
Pereira - effects of enroflox or tulathromycin use on resp dz and ab resistant e coli shedding
Nov 20
Treatment of high risk calves resulted in consistantly higher proportion of resistant e coli in feacal samples
Ellingsen-Dalskau - Minimum tolerated milk temp for feeding calves
Nov 20
Radiographs showed no milk in rumen regardless of milk temp and aperture size
Minimum milk temp was 8C associated with shivering
Renaud - faecal consistency scoring as a measure of DMI
Nov 20
Developed a 4 level scoring system -
* 0 = normal (firm) = 25% DM
* 1 = soft (doesnt hold form) = 22% DM
* 2 = runny (spreads readily) = 16% DM
* 3 = watery (splatters) = 11% DM
Ede - Caustic paste vs hot iron disbudding
Dec 20
48h post tx more calves were lying down with hot iron than by chance. No difference between caustic paste and hot iron
Caustic paste = more neg experience than hot iron disdding to calf
Binversie - AB tx on performance of resp dx
Dec 20
- Treatment based on early diagnosis with ultrasound and clinical scoring affected short term lung health and growth and reduced mortality
- Early AB therapy limited progression of consolidation, improved growth
- Lung dz worsened despite multiple AB tx