Survey of preweaning dairy calf-rearing practices in Czech dairy herds

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Alternative codes found
RIV/00027014:_____/14:#0002034
Result on the web
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DOI - Digital Object Identifier
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Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Survey of preweaning dairy calf-rearing practices in Czech dairy herds
Original language description
It is important to describe weaknesses in rearing calves not only to improve their welfare, but also to detect areas where current scientific knowledge is poorly integrated into practice. A survey of preweaning calf-rearing practices was conducted usinga farmer questionnaire. The survey included 136 farms, representing 11.9% of all dairy cows in the Czech Republic. Mean herd size (? standard deviation) was 326?131.4 cows, and mean milk production 7,413?1,389.5kg per cow per year. We evaluated 59 farmswith Holsteins (H) and 77 with the Czech Fleckvieh breed (C). The survey revealed that (1) calving in group pens predominated (67.6% of farms); (2) no disinfection of calf navels occurred on 11.8% of herds; (3) pooled colostrum was fed on 15.4% of farms;(4) colostrum quality was controlled on only 44.1% of farms, and only 73.5% of farms had reserve colostrum stocks; (5) nonmarket waste milk was fed in 64.7% of herds but it was pasteurized in only in 6.8% of herds and acidified in 35.2%
Czech name
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Czech description
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Type
J<sub>x</sub> - Unclassified - Peer-reviewed scientific article (Jimp, Jsc and Jost)
CEP classification
GG - Zootechnics
OECD FORD branch
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Project
<a href="/en/project/QI91A238" target="_blank" >QI91A238: Efficient approaches in dairy herd management</a><br>
Continuities
S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach

Publication year
2014
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

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