Factors affecting rearing practices and health of calves on family farms
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Aim of the study: Calf rearing practices vary in different countries and may be affected by many factors. Poor management is related to diseases outbreak and death in calves. This study aimed to analyze practices in calf rearing and the occurrence of common calf diseases on family farms in two European countries and to examine the characteristics of a farmer and his farm as factors that may affect the way of performing practices related to calves’ health.Area of study: Slovenia and Serbia.Material and methods: For collecting data, the same questionnaire-based survey was distributed among cattle farm owners in Slovenia and Serbia.Main results: The following factors showed a significant influence (p<0.05) on certain rearing practices: farm size (on time for checking calves, milk reheating, and providing rehydration fluids to the calf with diarrhea in Slovenia), specialization of the production (on preventive antiparasitic treatments and restriction of drinking water for calves with diarr...hea in Slovenia, and the time for checking calves in Serbia), breeder’s age (on colostrum quality checking in Slovenia), and breeder’s education (on time for checking calves and checking colostrum quality in Serbia). The results pointed out the rearing practices to be improved in both countries, Slovenia and Serbia, such as colostrum management and prevention strategies of calf diseases.Research highlights: Characteristics of the farmer and his farm may affect many aspects of calves’ rearing. Continuous education of farmers and appropriate production planning can contribute to better farm productivity and better health and welfare of calves.
Кључне речи:
welfare / calf / diarrhea / management / prevention / respiratory diseasesИзвор:
Spanish Journal of Agricultural Research, 2021, 19, 1, 0501-Издавач:
- Instituto Nacional de Investigacion y Tecnologia Agraria y Alimentaria
DOI: 10.5424/sjar/2021191-17181
ISSN: 2171-9292
WoS: 000641051000011
Scopus: 2-s2.0-85104934865
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Fakultet veterinarske medicineTY - JOUR AU - Relić, Renata AU - Lakić, Nada AU - Janković, Ljiljana AU - Davidović, Vesna AU - Staric, Joze AU - Jezek, Jozica PY - 2021 UR - https://vet-erinar.vet.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/2053 AB - Aim of the study: Calf rearing practices vary in different countries and may be affected by many factors. Poor management is related to diseases outbreak and death in calves. This study aimed to analyze practices in calf rearing and the occurrence of common calf diseases on family farms in two European countries and to examine the characteristics of a farmer and his farm as factors that may affect the way of performing practices related to calves’ health.Area of study: Slovenia and Serbia.Material and methods: For collecting data, the same questionnaire-based survey was distributed among cattle farm owners in Slovenia and Serbia.Main results: The following factors showed a significant influence (p<0.05) on certain rearing practices: farm size (on time for checking calves, milk reheating, and providing rehydration fluids to the calf with diarrhea in Slovenia), specialization of the production (on preventive antiparasitic treatments and restriction of drinking water for calves with diarrhea in Slovenia, and the time for checking calves in Serbia), breeder’s age (on colostrum quality checking in Slovenia), and breeder’s education (on time for checking calves and checking colostrum quality in Serbia). The results pointed out the rearing practices to be improved in both countries, Slovenia and Serbia, such as colostrum management and prevention strategies of calf diseases.Research highlights: Characteristics of the farmer and his farm may affect many aspects of calves’ rearing. Continuous education of farmers and appropriate production planning can contribute to better farm productivity and better health and welfare of calves. PB - Instituto Nacional de Investigacion y Tecnologia Agraria y Alimentaria T2 - Spanish Journal of Agricultural Research T1 - Factors affecting rearing practices and health of calves on family farms VL - 19 IS - 1 SP - 0501 DO - 10.5424/sjar/2021191-17181 ER -
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Relić, R., Lakić, N., Janković, L., Davidović, V., Staric, J.,& Jezek, J.. (2021). Factors affecting rearing practices and health of calves on family farms. in Spanish Journal of Agricultural Research Instituto Nacional de Investigacion y Tecnologia Agraria y Alimentaria., 19(1), 0501. https://doi.org/10.5424/sjar/2021191-17181
Relić R, Lakić N, Janković L, Davidović V, Staric J, Jezek J. Factors affecting rearing practices and health of calves on family farms. in Spanish Journal of Agricultural Research. 2021;19(1):0501. doi:10.5424/sjar/2021191-17181 .
Relić, Renata, Lakić, Nada, Janković, Ljiljana, Davidović, Vesna, Staric, Joze, Jezek, Jozica, "Factors affecting rearing practices and health of calves on family farms" in Spanish Journal of Agricultural Research, 19, no. 1 (2021):0501, https://doi.org/10.5424/sjar/2021191-17181 . .