Assessment the Calf’s Welfare Due to The Gender, Number of Offspring and Calving Status in Holstein Calves
Abdel fattah, A., Mohammed, H., Youssef, M., Saleem, A., Youniss, I. (2019). Assessment the Calf’s Welfare Due to The Gender, Number of Offspring and Calving Status in Holstein Calves. EKB Journal Management System, 2(1), 119-130. doi: 10.21608/svu.2019.6656.1002
Azhar Abdel fattah; Hesham Mohammed; Mohamed Youssef; Al-Sadik Saleem; Ibrahim Youniss. "Assessment the Calf’s Welfare Due to The Gender, Number of Offspring and Calving Status in Holstein Calves". EKB Journal Management System, 2, 1, 2019, 119-130. doi: 10.21608/svu.2019.6656.1002
Abdel fattah, A., Mohammed, H., Youssef, M., Saleem, A., Youniss, I. (2019). 'Assessment the Calf’s Welfare Due to The Gender, Number of Offspring and Calving Status in Holstein Calves', EKB Journal Management System, 2(1), pp. 119-130. doi: 10.21608/svu.2019.6656.1002
Abdel fattah, A., Mohammed, H., Youssef, M., Saleem, A., Youniss, I. Assessment the Calf’s Welfare Due to The Gender, Number of Offspring and Calving Status in Holstein Calves. EKB Journal Management System, 2019; 2(1): 119-130. doi: 10.21608/svu.2019.6656.1002

Assessment the Calf’s Welfare Due to The Gender, Number of Offspring and Calving Status in Holstein Calves

SVU-International Journal of Veterinary Sciences
Article 9, Volume 2, Issue 1 - Serial Number 3, June 2019, Page 119-130  XML PDF (258.43 K)
Document Type: Research article
DOI: 10.21608/svu.2019.6656.1002
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Authors
Azhar Abdel fattah email 1; Hesham Mohammed1; Mohamed Youssef1; Al-Sadik Saleem1; Ibrahim Youniss2
1Department of veterinary public health, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Zagazig University, Egypt.
2Inspection Department of Kom-Ombo Veterinary Services, Aswan Governorate, Egypt.
Abstract
The aim of the present paper was to study the influence of gender, number of offspring, calving status on both health and welfare. Out of 3000 heads, data for 429 Holstein female calves and 551 male calves which have been born during one year were used with computer records. The result suggested that abnormal behaviour during 1st 12 hours of calf's life have been significantly affected by twinning and dystocia .The presence and duration of behaviour related to respiratory, digestive or mixed disorders were significantly higher in females, the calf’s growth rate was higher in male than female with significance difference, while its birth weight was significantly higher in dystocia than calves from normal parturition. There was a non-significant effect of calf gender, number of offspring and parturition state on calves weaning age. It could be concluded that Calf gender, number of offspring and parturition state have a different effects on behaviour and growth performance of calves from birth till weaning. Abnormal behaviours during the first 12 hours of calf's life as delayed sternal recumbancy, standing, abnormal suckling have been significantly affected by twinning and dystocia and not significantly affected by calf sex. Presence and duration of behaviour related to respiratory, digestive or mixed disorders were significantly higher in females than males, where these disorders were significantly higher in case of dystocia and twinning births. Culling of cows with incidence of twinning is recommended to control the decreased fertility, decreased total number of calves over the lifespan of the cow, and decreased milk production. 
Keywords
calf; calving; Gender; Twining' Weaning
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