Associations between peripartum lying and activity behaviour and blood non-esterified fatty acids and β-hydroxybutyrate in grazing dairy cows

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dc.citation.issue3
dc.citation.volume16
dc.contributor.authorHendriks SJ
dc.contributor.authorPhyn CVC
dc.contributor.authorTurner S-A
dc.contributor.authorMueller KR
dc.contributor.authorKuhn-Sherlock B
dc.contributor.authorDonaghy DJ
dc.contributor.authorHuzzey JM
dc.contributor.authorRoche JR
dc.coverage.spatialEngland
dc.date.accessioned2024-01-11T20:54:59Z
dc.date.accessioned2024-07-25T06:46:38Z
dc.date.available2022-02-16
dc.date.available2024-01-11T20:54:59Z
dc.date.available2024-07-25T06:46:38Z
dc.date.issued2022-03
dc.description.abstractDuring early lactation, most dairy cows experience negative energy balance (NEB). Failure to cope with this NEB, however, can place cows at greater risk of developing metabolic disease. Our objective was to characterise, retrospectively, lying behaviour and activity of grazing dairy cows grouped according to blood non-esterified fatty acids (NEFAs) and β-hydroxybutyrate (BHB) as indicators of postpartum metabolic state. Blood was sampled weekly for up to 4 weeks precalving, on the day of calving (day 0), daily between 1 and 4 days postcalving, and then at least weekly between week 1 and week 5 postcalving for analysis of plasma NEFAs and BHB concentrations. Two hundred and forty-four multiparous Holstein-Friesian and Holstein-Friesian × Jersey cows were classified into one of three metabolic status groups based on maximum blood NEFAs and BHB concentrations during week 1 and 2 postcalving. A cow was classified as having either: (1) low NEFAs and low BHB (Lo–Lo; n = 78), when all blood samples were <1.0 mmol/L for NEFAs and ≤1.0 mmol/L for BHB during the first 2 weeks postcalving; (2) high NEFAs and low BHB (Hi–Lo; n = 134), when blood NEFAs were ≥1.0 mmol/L and blood BHB was ≤1.0 mmol/L at the same sampling time point during the first 2 weeks postcalving; or (3) high NEFAs and high BHB (Hi–Hi; n = 32), when blood NEFAs were ≥1.0 mmol/L and blood BHB was ≥1.2 mmol/L at the same sampling time point during the first 2 weeks postcalving. Accelerometers (IceTag or IceQube devices; IceRobotics Ltd.) were used to monitor lying and activity behaviours peripartum (–21 to +35 days relative to calving). Changes in lying behaviour and activity occurred before the mean day that cows were classified Hi–Hi and Hi–Lo (2.2 and 3.5 d postcalving, respectively). Up to 3 weeks preceding calving, Hi–Hi cows were more active, had fewer daily lying bouts (LBs), and spent less time lying than Lo–Lo cows. In addition, Hi–Hi cows had fewer daily LBs and were less active up to 4 weeks postcalving than Lo–Lo cows, but these differences were biologically small. Groups of grazing cows classified as experiencing a more severe metabolic challenge behave differently up to 3 weeks precalving than their herdmates with lower blood NEFAs and BHB postcalving. These altered behaviours may allow identification of individual cows at risk of a metabolic challenge, but further research is required.
dc.format.pagination100470-
dc.identifier.author-urlhttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35183009
dc.identifier.citationHendriks SJ, Phyn CVC, Turner S-A, Mueller KR, Kuhn-Sherlock B, Donaghy DJ, Huzzey JM, Roche JR. (2022). Associations between peripartum lying and activity behaviour and blood non-esterified fatty acids and β-hydroxybutyrate in grazing dairy cows.. Animal. 16. 3. (pp. 100470-).
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.animal.2022.100470
dc.identifier.eissn1751-732X
dc.identifier.elements-typejournal-article
dc.identifier.issn1751-7311
dc.identifier.piiS1751-7311(22)00017-9
dc.identifier.urihttps://mro.massey.ac.nz/handle/10179/70851
dc.languageeng
dc.publisherElsevier B.V. on behalf of The Animal Consortium
dc.relation.isPartOfAnimal
dc.rights(c) 2022 The Author/s
dc.rightsCC BY-NC-ND 4.0
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
dc.subjectActivity monitoring
dc.subjectKetosis
dc.subjectMetabolic disease
dc.subjectNegative energy balance
dc.subjectβ-hydroxybutyrate
dc.subject3-Hydroxybutyric Acid
dc.subjectAnimals
dc.subjectCattle
dc.subjectFatty Acids, Nonesterified
dc.subjectFemale
dc.subjectLactation
dc.subjectMilk
dc.subjectPeripartum Period
dc.subjectPostpartum Period
dc.subjectRetrospective Studies
dc.titleAssociations between peripartum lying and activity behaviour and blood non-esterified fatty acids and β-hydroxybutyrate in grazing dairy cows
dc.typeJournal article
pubs.elements-id451222
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