Relationship between Zoometric Measurements in HolsteinFriesian Cow and Cubicle Size in Dairy Farms
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Autor/a
Cerqueira, J. O. L.
Araújo, J. P. P.
Vaz, P. S.
Cantalapiedra, J.
Niza-Ribeiro, J. J. R.
Data de publicació
2013-03-01Altres títols
Relación entre Medidas Zoométricas en Vacas Holstein-Friesian y Dimensiones de Cubículos en Granjas Lecheras
ISSN
0717-9502
Resum
Body measurements in Portuguese Holstein-Friesian breed and its association with the dimensions of the cubicles
were investigated. During a period of 5 months, body measurements and cubicles size data from 55 commercial Portuguese dairy herds
were collected including in total 1054 individual cows. Data were analyzed using the general linear model and principal components.
The most relevant body measurements were: height at withers (141.1±4.72 cm), height at rump (144.2±4.47 cm), length of trunk (170.8±8.31
cm), width of biiliac (55.9±4.17 cm) and perimeter of the thorax (206.8±10.43 cm). In general, the first class of parity showed significant
different measures (P<0.001) associated with the development of animals. Head to head cubicle length and cubicle width were 223.0±11.0
cm and 113.0±5.0 cm respectively; whereas in cubicle against wall length was 227.0±18.0 cm and width 111.0±7.0 cm. The highest
correlations were found for body measures between the different heights and between the height at chest and perimeter of the thorax.
The analysis showed no relation between body measurements and dimensions of the cubicles. Principal component analysis of the
different body measurements and cubicles dimensions expressed 51.4% of the total variability, in which the first factor represented
40.2% and the second factor 11.1%.
Tipus de document
Article
Versió del document
Versió publicada
Llengua
English
Matèries (CDU)
636 - Explotació i cria d'animals. Cria del bestiar i d'animals domèstics
Pàgines
9
Publicat per
Temuco: Sociedad Chilena de Anatomía
Publicat a
International Journal of Morphology
Citació
Cerqueira, J. O. L., J. P. P. Araújo, P. S. Vaz, J. Cantalapiedra, I. Blanco-Penedo and J. J. R. Niza-Ribeiro. 2013. “Relationship between Zoometric Measurements in HolsteinFriesian Cow and Cubicle Size in Dairy Farms”. International Journal of Morphology 31 (1): 55-63. doi: 10.4067/S0717-95022013000100008.
Programa
Benestar Animal
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