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- Title
Enfermedad podal en bovinos: prevalencia y asociación con algunas variables.
- Authors
Arrieta, L. M.; Cruz, J. M.; González-Herrera, L. G.
- Abstract
Foot disease is one of the most difficult syndromes to control in the dairy industry. The goal of this study was to quantify the prevalence of foot disease, evaluating its association with factors such as race, calving order and weight. This is a retrospective study using the health and production records of a dairy herd located in the high tropics of Colombia. The racial components present were F1 Holstein × Blanco Orejinegro, 3/4 Holstein 1/4 Blanco Orejinegro, 5/8 Holstein 3/8 Blanco Orejinegro, Holstein 100%. 6 delivery orders were considered. The variable foot disease presents a binomial distribution. The effect of the factors was verified using a generalized linear model, by means of a logistic regression (PROC GENMOD SAS version 9.4). In the event of significant differences, the SAS LSMEANS procedure (version 9.4) and an Odds Ratio were applied between the levels that presented significance. The prevalence of foot disease in the herd was 10,55%. The risk factors considered were statistically significant: racial component (p < 0,0009), calving order (p < 0,0001) and average weight of the cows (p < 0,0001). An increase in the prevalence of the disease was observed associated with the Holstein breed, high calving order and low body weight. The prevalence of foot disease was higher in pure Holstein cows and lower in Holstein cows crossed with Blanco Orejinegro due to the resistance due to heterosis that the creole breed contributes. The increase in the delivery order as well as the low weight are related to a higher prevalence of this disease.
- Subjects
COLOMBIA; FOOT diseases; DISEASE prevalence; DAIRY cattle; BODY weight; LOGISTIC regression analysis; DAIRY farm management; HETEROSIS
- Publication
Revista de la Facultad de Medicina Veterinaria y de Zootecnia, 2021, Vol 68, Issue 1, p66
- ISSN
0120-2952
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.15446/rfmvz.v68n1.97257