Factors influencing the welfare of dairy goats
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F62157124%3A16270%2F22%3A43880259" target="_blank" >RIV/62157124:16270/22:43880259 - isvavai.cz</a>
Result on the web
<a href="https://actavet.vfu.cz/91/4/0333/" target="_blank" >https://actavet.vfu.cz/91/4/0333/</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.2754/avb202291040333" target="_blank" >10.2754/avb202291040333</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Factors influencing the welfare of dairy goats
Original language description
A variety of stressful situations commonly occur on dairy farms which can impair the well-being of the animals. The aim of this study was to analyse the concentration of cortisol in the saliva of dairy goats and on the basis thereof to determine the degree of stress experienced by them in relation to selected situations on farms. The following situations were selected as stressful: first visit to the milking parlour; weaning off; loading and transport; deworming; and the disruption of social hierarchy. We examined 344 samples from 100 animals using cotton swabs for the saliva collection. Commercially available ELISA kits (Cortisol EIA Kit, BosterBio, California, USA) which can detect cortisol in the saliva of all animal species, were used for the analysis. During the first visit to the milking parlour, weaning off, deworming and disruption of social hierarchy there was a significant (P < 0.05) increase in cortisol concentrations compared to the basal values. For loading and transport there was a highly significant (P < 0.01) increase in cortisol concentrations compared to the basal values. Although these situations are inevitable on farms, efforts should be made to eliminate them as much as possible due to the stress the animals experience in them.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
40301 - Veterinary science
Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach
Others
Publication year
2022
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Acta veterinaria Brno
ISSN
0001-7213
e-ISSN
1801-7576
Volume of the periodical
91
Issue of the periodical within the volume
4
Country of publishing house
CZ - CZECH REPUBLIC
Number of pages
5
Pages from-to
333-337
UT code for WoS article
000880783400003
EID of the result in the Scopus database
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