A5030768946- Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock
- Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies
- Effects of Environmental Stressors on Livestock
- Reproductive Physiology in Livestock
University of Kentucky
2016-2022
Body condition scoring (BCS) is the management practice of assessing body reserves individual animals by visual or tactile estimation subcutaneous fat and muscle. Both high low BCS can negatively impact milk production, disease, reproduction. Visual in dairy cattle relies on their shape thickness layers muscle key areas body. Although manual has proven beneficial, consistent qualitative be difficult to implement. The desirable range for cows varies within lactation should monitored at...
Body condition scoring (BCS) is a traditional visual technique often using five-point scale to non-invasively assess fat reserves in cattle. However, recent studies have highlighted the potential automating body imaging technology. Therefore, objective was implement commercially available automated (ABCS) camera system collect data for developing predictive equation of dynamics throughout lactation period. Holstein cows (n = 2343, parity 2.1 ± 1.1, calving BCS 3.42 0.24), up 300 days milk...
The objective of this study was to estimate the potential economic returns from weekly recordings body condition score (BCS) using a farm-level decision support tool. feasibility BCS increases with availability automated systems. To fully benefit frequent BCS, information must be used make BCS-related cow, group, or herd management changes. These decisions may alter distributions which can positively impact disease incidence, reproduction parameters, and feed efficiency. User inputs for tool...