Management practices affecting calves welfare on farms in Slovenia

Ježek, Jožica (avtor), Grabnar, Petra (avtor), Beci, Barbara (avtor), Klinkon, Martina (avtor), Nemec, Marija (avtor), Hodnik, Jaka Jakob (avtor), Starič, Jože (avtor)

Calf rearing practices in Slovenian herds were investigated with questionnaire-based survey. The data was obtained from 293 farms in Slovenia about their management, especially milk and colostrum feeding protocol, manner of weaning, housing, hygiene on the farm and biosecurity measures. Majority of respondents think the colostrum supply is very important. In 77% of farms, calves receive the first colostrum meal within 2 hours after birth. Quality of colostrum is not considered in 59% of farms. The temperature of colostrum and milk check 73% of farmers, however majority do it manually without using thermometer. Farmers weans calves gradually, mostly considering the age at weaning (45%). Calves are weaned at mean age of 14.18 weeks. In 57.3% of farms, newborn calves are housed in individual pens. Thirty four percent of farmers are cleaning pens for newborn calves after each calf. Half of farmers observe their calves more than 15 minutes daily. Different biosecurity measures are used in 98% of farms. Many farmers are well aware that calf rearing management bear on later milk and meat production and some would need more persuasion to follow the appropriate management practices.

• Jezik: Angleški jezik
• Ključne besede: Animal welfare, animal housing, management, colostrum, biosecurity, cattle
• Vrsta gradiva: Članek v reviji
• Tipologija: 1.01 - Izvirni znanstveni članek
• Organizacija: VF - Veterinarska fakulteta
• Status publikacije: Objavljeno
• Različica publikacije: Objavljena publikacija
• Leto izida: 2019
• Št. strani: Str. 1147-1152
• Številčenje: Vol. 67, št. 5
• PID: 20.500.12556/RUL-122205
• UDK: 636.082
• ISSN pri članku: 1211-8516
• DOI: 10.11118/actaun201967051147
• COBISS.SI-ID: 4892026
• Datum objave v RUL: 27.11.2020

Gradivo je del revije

• Naslov: Acta Universitatis Agriculturae et Silviculturae Mendelianae Brunensis
• Skrajšan naslov: Acta Univ. Agric. Silvic. Mendel. Brun.
• Založnik: Mendelova zemědělská a lesnická univerzita
• ISSN: 1211-8516
• COBISS.SI-ID: 1229448

Licence

• Licenca: CC BY 4.0, Creative Commons Priznanje avtorstva 4.0 Mednarodna
• Povezava: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.sl
• Opis: To je standardna licenca Creative Commons, ki daje uporabnikom največ možnosti za nadaljnjo uporabo dela, pri čemer morajo navesti avtorja.
• Začetek licenciranja: 27.11.2020

Sekundarni jezik

• Jezik: Ni določen
• Ključne besede: Dobrobit živali, nastanitev živali, upravljanje reje, kolostrum, biovarnost, govedo

Projekti

• Financer: ARRS - Agencija za raziskovalno dejavnost Republike Slovenije
• Številka projekta: P4-0092
• Naslov: Zdravje živali, okolje in varna hrana