Evaluation of the effect of cow exterior on calf size at parturition

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Result on the web

<a href="https://doi.org/10.15414/afz.2021.24.mi-prap.20-24" target="_blank" >https://doi.org/10.15414/afz.2021.24.mi-prap.20-24</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.15414/AFZ.2021.24.MI-PRAP.20-24" target="_blank" >10.15414/AFZ.2021.24.MI-PRAP.20-24</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Evaluation of the effect of cow exterior on calf size at parturition

Original language description

The aim of this research was to evaluate the effect of cow exterior on the weight of the calf at parturition and the size of the calf&apos;s head. 453 purebred Holstein Friesian dairy cows at a selected farm were analysed within this research, and the measurements of the withers height, hip width, backside width and ischial width were taken from each specimen. Considering the calves, the measurements taken were the width and length of the head and weight at parturition. The research did not prove any significant (p&gt;0.05) effect of the cow body conformation on any of the measured proportions of the calf. There was, however, a significant (p&lt;0.05) difference in the head length and weight in calves in relation to the calving ease. As opposed to our expectations, the parturition weight of calves going through a more difficult parturition was lower (30.36 kg, as opposed to 36.57 kg in the less difficult parturition) and the length of the head was lower as well (23.47cm, as opposed to 23.98 cm in a less difficult parturition). At the same time, the weight and head length increased with each undergone lactation cycle of the mother - more specifically, this trend of increasing was observed from the first to the fifth lactation cycle. The parturition weight of calves was significantly affected by the gestation length itself. Another factors that had an effect on the weight and size of the calves were the season during which calving took place and the effect of the father bull. The results show a possibility of using the data collected in this research for breeding value estimation in difficult parturitions, since the effect of the father of the calf has to be taken into consideration as well as the effect of the the cow&apos;s father.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_SC - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the SCOPUS database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

40201 - Animal and dairy science; (Animal biotechnology to be 4.4)

Project

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Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2021

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Acta Fytotechnica et Zootechnica

ISSN

1335-258X

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

24

Issue of the periodical within the volume

Monothematic Issue

Country of publishing house

SK - SLOVAKIA

Number of pages

5

Pages from-to

20-24

UT code for WoS article

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EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85102367776