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• 19:36, 26 February 2024 Bgolden talk contribs deleted page File:Bovfunctraits-figure2.jpg.jpg (Deleted old revision 20240226193540!Bovfunctraits-figure2.jpg.jpg)
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• 19:26, 26 February 2024 Bgolden talk contribs created page File:Bovfunctraits-figure1.jpg
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• 18:49, 26 February 2024 Bgolden talk contribs created page Bovine Functional Traits: Udder Health in Dairy Cattle (Created page with " 1.5 Recording [[#recording|7]] 1.6 Prerequisites [[#prerequisites|8]] 1.7 Prerequisite information [[#prerequisite-information|8]] 1.8 Evaluation [[#evaluation|8]] 1.8.1 Example sire evaluation in the Netherlands [[#example-sire-evaluation-in-the-netherlands|8]] #example-sire-evaluation-in-sweden|1.8.2 Example sire evaluation in Sweden [...")
• 19:10, 23 February 2024 Rene talk contribs created page Milk Recording (Created page with "The system that contains the whole process described in paragraph 1 of this guideline. This is also known as Dairy Herd Improvement (DHI). Category:Glossary test") Tag: Visual edit
• 19:05, 23 February 2024 Rene talk contribs created page Category:Glossary test (Created page with "test") Tag: Visual edit
• 19:02, 23 February 2024 Rene talk contribs created page Body Condition Score (Created page with "The Body Condition Score (BCS) measures the fatness of the cow, especially in the region of the loin, hip, pinbone, and tailhead areas. Change in BCS in early lactation may be a better indicator of fertility compared with single observations of BCS per parity. To consider change in BCS it has to be recorded at least twice in early lactation and requires the dates of measurement. Category:Glossary test") Tag: Visual edit
• 18:37, 23 February 2024 Rene talk contribs created page Glossary test (Created page with "TEST") Tag: Visual edit: Switched
• 18:29, 23 February 2024 Rene talk contribs deleted page Types and Sources of Data (content was: " ==Types and sources of data== ===Types of data=== ====Calving dates==== Calving dates can be used to calculate the interval between consecutive calvings and to confirm previously predicted pregnancies / conceptions. To consider: In order to handle bias from culling it is useful to also record culling of cows and the culling reasons. ====Insemination data==== Data on in...", and the only contributor was "Rene user" (talk))
• 11:00, 23 February 2024 Rene talk contribs created page Dairy Cattle Health: Trait Definition (Created page with "== Trait definition == Most health incidents in dairy herds fit into a few major disease complexes (e.g., Heringstad ''et al''., 2007<ref>Heringstad, B., Klemetsdal, G., Steine, T., 2007. Selection responses for disease resistance in two selection experiments with Norwegian red cows. [https://doi.org/10.3168/jds.2006-805 J. Dairy Sci. 90: 2419-2426].</ref>; Koeck ''et al''., 2010a<ref>Koeck, A., Egger-Danner, C., Fuerst, C., Obritzhauser, W., Fuerst-Waltl, B., 2010. Gene...") Tag: Visual edit
• 10:50, 23 February 2024 Rene talk contribs created page Dairy Cattle Health: Keys to Long-Term Success (Created page with "== Keys to long-term success == Regardless of the sources of health data included, long-term acceptance of the health recording system and success of the health improvement program will rely on the sustained motivation of all parties involved. To achieve this, frequent, honest, and open communications between the institutions responsible for storage and analysis of health data and people in the field is necessary. Producers, veterinarians and experts will only adopt and...") Tag: Visual edit
• 10:42, 23 February 2024 Rene talk contribs deleted page Data quality (content was: "== Data quality == === General quality checks === Mandatory information will be used for basic plausibility checks. Additional information can be used for more sophisticated and refined validation of health data when those data are available. # The recording farm must be registered to record and transmit health data. # If information on the person recording the data a...", and the only contributor was "Rene user" (talk))
• 10:42, 23 February 2024 Rene talk contribs created page Dairy Cattle Health: Data Quality (Created page with "== Data quality == === General quality checks === Mandatory information will be used for basic plausibility checks. Additional information can be used for more sophisticated and refined validation of health data when those data are available. # The recording farm must be registered to record and transmit health data. # If information on the person recording the data are provided, that individual must be authorized to submit data for this specific farm. # The animal fo...") Tag: Visual edit
• 10:36, 23 February 2024 Rene talk contribs deleted page Standardization of recording (content was: " == Standardization of recording == In order to avoid misinterpretation of health information and facilitate analysis, a unique code should be used for recording each type of health incident. This code must fulfil the following conditions: # Clear definitions of the health incidents to be recorded, without opportunities for different interpretations. # Includes a broad...", and the only contributor was "Rene user" (talk))
• 10:26, 23 February 2024 Rene talk contribs created page Dairy Cattle Health: Standardization of Recording (Created page with "== Standardization of recording == In order to avoid misinterpretation of health information and facilitate analysis, a unique code should be used for recording each type of health incident. This code must fulfil the following conditions: # Clear definitions of the health incidents to be recorded, without opportunities for different interpretations. # Includes a broad spectrum of diseases and health incidents, covering all organ systems, and address infectious and non-i...") Tag: Visual edit
• 10:18, 23 February 2024 Rene talk contribs created page Dairy Cattle Health: Documentation (Created page with "== Documentation == Minimum requirements for documentation: # Unique animal ID (ISO number). # Place of recording (unique ID of farm/herd). # Source of data (veterinarian, producer, expert group, others). # Date of health incident. # Type of health incident (standardized code for recording). Useful additional documentation: # Individual identification of the recording person. # Details on respective health incident (exact location, severity). # Type of recording and m...") Tag: Visual edit
• 10:13, 23 February 2024 Rene talk contribs created page Dairy Cattle Health: Types and Sources of Data (Created page with "== Types and sources of data == === Types of data === The collection of direct information on health and disease status of individual animals is preferable to collection of indirect information. However, population-wide collection of reliable health information may be easier to implement for indirect rather than direct measures of health. Analyses of health traits will probably benefit from combined use of direct and indirect health data, but clear distinctions must be...") Tag: Visual edit
• 10:08, 23 February 2024 Rene talk contribs created page Dairy Cattle Health: Data Security (Created page with "== Data security == Data security is a universally important issue when collecting and using field data. However, the central role of dairy cattle health in the context of animal welfare and consumer protection implies that farmers and veterinarians are obligated to maintain high-quality records, emphasizing the particular sensitivity of health data. The legal framework for use of health data has to be considered according to national requirements and applicable data pr...") Tag: Visual edit
• 09:40, 23 February 2024 Rene talk contribs deleted page Bovine Functional Traits: Types and Sources of Data (content was: "== Types and sources of data == === Types of data === ==== Calving dates ==== Calving dates can be used to calculate the interval between consecutive calvings and to confirm previously predicted pregnancies / conceptions. To consider: In order to handle bias from culling it is useful to also record culling of cows and the culling reasons. ==== Insemination data ====...", and the only contributor was "Rene user" (talk))
• 08:53, 23 February 2024 Rene talk contribs created page Types and sources of data (Created page with " ==1.3         Types and sources of data== ===1.3.1        Types of data=== The collection of direct information on health and disease status of individual animals is preferable to collection of indirect information. However, population-wide collection of reliable health information may be easier to implement for indirect rather than direct measures of health. Analyses of health traits will probably benefit from combined use of direct and indirect health data, bu...") Tag: Visual edit
• 16:15, 22 February 2024 Rene talk contribs created page Birth Weight (Created page with "Weight of calf within 48 hours after birth.") Tag: Visual edit
• 16:15, 22 February 2024 Rene talk contribs deleted page Beef Cattle: Birth Weight (content was: "Weight of calf within 48 hours after birth.", and the only contributor was "Rene" (talk))
• 16:14, 22 February 2024 Rene talk contribs created page Beef Cattle: Birth Weight (Created page with "Weight of calf within 48 hours after birth.") Tag: Visual edit
• 13:11, 22 February 2024 Rene talk contribs created page Data quality (Created page with "== Data quality == === General quality checks === Mandatory information will be used for basic plausibility checks. Additional information can be used for more sophisticated and refined validation of health data when those data are available. # The recording farm must be registered to record and transmit health data. # If information on the person recording the data are provided, that individual must be authorized to submit data for this specific farm. # The animal fo...") Tag: Visual edit
• 13:00, 22 February 2024 Rene talk contribs created page Standardization of recording (Created page with " == Standardization of recording == In order to avoid misinterpretation of health information and facilitate analysis, a unique code should be used for recording each type of health incident. This code must fulfil the following conditions: # Clear definitions of the health incidents to be recorded, without opportunities for different interpretations. # Includes a broad spectrum of diseases and health incidents, covering all organ systems, and address infectious and non-...") Tag: Visual edit
• 12:43, 22 February 2024 Rene talk contribs created page Documentation (Created page with "== Documentation == Minimum requirements for documentation: # Unique animal ID (ISO number). # Place of recording (unique ID of farm/herd). # Source of data (veterinarian, producer, expert group, others). # Date of health incident. # Type of health incident (standardized code for recording). Useful additional documentation: # Individual identification of the recording person. # Details on respective health incident (exact location, severity). # Type of recording and m...") Tag: Visual edit
• 12:41, 22 February 2024 Rene talk contribs created page Data security (Created page with "== Data security == Data security is a universally important issue when collecting and using field data. However, the central role of dairy cattle health in the context of animal welfare and consumer protection implies that farmers and veterinarians are obligated to maintain high-quality records, emphasizing the particular sensitivity of health data. The legal framework for use of health data has to be considered according to national requirements and applicable data pr...") Tag: Visual edit
• 12:36, 22 February 2024 Rene talk contribs moved page Bovine Functional Traits: Type and Source of Data to Bovine Functional Traits: Types and Sources of Data
• 12:32, 22 February 2024 Rene talk contribs created page Types and Sources of Data (Created page with " ==Types and sources of data== ===Types of data=== ====Calving dates==== Calving dates can be used to calculate the interval between consecutive calvings and to confirm previously predicted pregnancies / conceptions. To consider: In order to handle bias from culling it is useful to also record culling of cows and the culling reasons. ====Insemination data==== Data on inseminations can be used either alone or in combination with other data e.g. calving dates to define in...") Tag: Visual edit
• 12:13, 22 February 2024 Rene talk contribs created page Bovine Functional Traits: Type and Source of Data (Created page with "===Types and sources of data=== ====Types of data==== =====Calving dates===== Calving dates can be used to calculate the interval between consecutive calvings and to confirm previously predicted pregnancies / conceptions. To consider: In order to handle bias from culling it is useful to also record culling of cows and the culling reasons. =====Insemination data===== Data on inseminations can be used either alone or in combination with other data e.g. calving dates to de...") Tag: Visual edit
• 11:01, 22 February 2024 Rene talk contribs created page File:Image FT Figure1.png
• 11:01, 22 February 2024 Rene talk contribs uploaded File:Image FT Figure1.png
• 10:45, 22 February 2024 Rene talk contribs created page Female Fertility in Dairy Cattle (Created page with " = 1              Female Fertility in Dairy Cattle = == 1.1         Technical abstract == These guidelines are intended to provide people involved in keeping and breeding of dairy cattle with recommendations for recording, management and evaluation of female fertility. Aspects of bull fertility are covered by another set of ICAR guidelines (Section 6), compiled by the ICAR working group for Artificial Insemination. The guidelines described here support establ...") Tag: Visual edit
• 10:41, 22 February 2024 Rene talk contribs created page Bovine Functional Traits: Female Fertility in Dairy Cattle (Created page with " == 1              Female Fertility in Dairy Cattle == === 1.1         Technical abstract === These guidelines are intended to provide people involved in keeping and breeding of dairy cattle with recommendations for recording, management and evaluation of female fertility. Aspects of bull fertility are covered by another set of ICAR guidelines (Section 6), compiled by the ICAR working group for Artificial Insemination. The guidelines described here support es...") Tag: Visual edit
• 10:31, 22 February 2024 Rene talk contribs created page Bovine Functional Traits: Dairy Cattle Health (Created page with " == 1              Dairy Cattle Health == === 1.1         Technical abstract === Improved health of dairy cattle is of increasing economic importance. Poor health results in greater production costs through higher veterinary bills, additional labour costs, and reduced productivity. Animal welfare is also of increasing interest to both consumers and regulatory agencies because healthy animals are needed to provide high-quality food for human consumption. Furth...") Tag: Visual edit
• 10:17, 22 February 2024 Rene talk contribs undeleted page Bovine Functional Traits (1 revision)
• 20:54, 14 February 2024 Lbenzoni talk contribs created page Proxies Discussion (Created page with "The greatest limitation of proxies today is the lack of robustness in their general applicability. Future efforts should therefore be directed towards developing combinations of proxies that are robust and applicable across diverse production systems and environments. Here we present the present status of the knowledge of proxies and their predictive value for CH4 emission. Proxies related to body weight or milk yield and composition are relatively simple, low-cost, high...") Tag: Visual edit
• 20:49, 14 February 2024 Lbenzoni talk contribs created page Proxies (Created page with "=== INTRODUCTION === Large-scale measurements of enteric CH4 emissions from dairy cows are needed for effective monitoring of strategies to reduce the carbon footprint of milk production, as well as for incorporation of CH4 emissions into breeding programs. However, measurements on a sufficiently large scale are difficult and expensive. Proxies for CH4 emissions can provide an alternative, but each approach has limitations. Negussie et al. (2019) recently showed the pote...") Tag: Visual edit
• 20:46, 14 February 2024 Lbenzoni talk contribs created page Comparison of methods to measure methane (Created page with "Correlations among methods Pro's and con's of devices") Tag: Visual edit
• 20:45, 14 February 2024 Lbenzoni talk contribs created page Pro's and con's of devices (Created page with "== DAILY METHANE EMISSION MEASURES == Due to the large diurnal variation in enteric CH4 emission in relation with feeding pattern (Grainger et al., 2007; Jonker et al. 2014), the highest accuracy of daily CH4 production rate (DMPR) will be obtained with methods that encompass the whole day emissions. Two methods are available: Respiration Chambers (RC) and SF6 methods. Alternative methods are based on short-term measures of CH4 production rate: Portable Accumulation Cha...") Tag: Visual edit
• 20:42, 14 February 2024 Lbenzoni talk contribs created page Correlations among methods (Created page with "Table 4 shows correlations between the respiratory chamber method as the gold standard to measure CH4 emission from cows and other methods from Garnsworthy et al. (2019). {| class="wikitable" |+ !Method !Correlation !S.E. |- |Respiratory chamber - SF6 |0.87 | - 0.08 |- |Respiratory chamber - Greenfeed |0.81 | - 0.1 |- |Respiratory chamber - NDIR | - 0.07 |0.88 |- |Respiratory chamber - NDIR peak |0.72 | - 0.11 |- |Respiratory chamber - PAIR | - 0.08 |0.7 |- |SF6 - Greenf...") Tag: Visual edit
• 20:35, 14 February 2024 Lbenzoni talk contribs created page Discussion of methods (Created page with "* SF6 vs Respiration chamber * Breath sampling during milking and feeding vs Respiration chamber * NDIR vs LMD * Greenfeed * Laser Methane Detector") Tag: Visual edit
• 20:35, 14 February 2024 Lbenzoni talk contribs created page Laser methane detector (Created page with "The LMD can be used in the animal’s normal environment, although for consistency restraint is required during measurement. Because the LMD measures CH4 in the plume originating from the animal’s nostrils, results can be affected by factors such as: distance from the animal; pointing angle; animal’s head orientation and head movement; air movement and temperature in the barn; adjacent animals; and operator variation (Sorg et al., 2017). Operator variation is likely...") Tag: Visual edit
• 20:33, 14 February 2024 Lbenzoni talk contribs created page GreenFeed (Created page with "A limitation of the GreenFeed system is that animals require training to use the system, although animals which have been trained to use the system will readily use it again (Velazco et al., 2014). However, some animals will not use the system or will use it infrequently, and frequency of visits is affected by diet (Hammond et al., 2016B). This can be a challenge when screening commercial herds for CH4 emission under genetic evaluation. On the other hand, animals seem to...") Tag: Visual edit