ArticleAnimals : an open access journal from MDPI2023
Impact of Dystocia on Milk Production, Somatic Cell Count, Reproduction and Culling in Holstein Dairy Cows.
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- Roadmap to Dystocia Management-Guiding Obstetric Interventions in Cattle.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Effects of assisted calving and retained fetal membranes on milk production in the smallholder farming system.Veterinary and animal science · 2025Article
- Factors associated with an excellent transfer of passive immunity: multisite, cross-sectional study conducted in different European countries on dairy cattle.Frontiers in veterinary science · 2025Article
- Global losses due to dairy cattle diseases: A comorbidity-adjusted economic analysis.Journal of dairy science · 2024Article
- Effects of the Breeding Strategy Beef-on-Dairy at Animal, Farm and Sector Levels.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2023Review
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Abstract
This study investigated the effects of dystocia on milk production, somatic cell count, reproductivity, disease, and milk production. A total of 2159 cows across 21 dairy farms in Alberta, Canada were enrolled in this study. Multivariable models were created to explore associations between outcome variables and calving ease score. In total, 89.5% of calvings were unassisted, 6.1% were an easy pull, and 4.3% were a moderate-hard pull. Cows that had a moderate-hard pull produced 4.01 kg less milk, 0.12 kg less volume of milk fat, and 0.12 kg less milk protein per day than those that had an unassisted calving. No difference was found between calving ease groups with respect to SCC. Cows with a moderate or hard pull produced 510 kg less milk per lactation than unassisted cows. Cows with a moderate to high level of assistance at birth had a higher hazard of being culled over the duration of their lactation. Cows with an easy pull had increased odds of developing a retained placenta. It is evident that assistance at calving, particularly a moderate-hard pull, is associated with significant impacts on future milk production and risk of being culled; therefore, efforts should be made to minimize dystocia and prevent these impacts.
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