Diseases and Mortality Incidences of Calves Born from Imported Brown Swiss and Simmental Heifers in Western Anatolian Conditions#

Year 2019, Volume: 45 Issue: 2, 50 - 55, 01.05.2019

Zeynep Küçük Baykan Mustafa Özcan

Abstract

DOI: 10.26650/actavet.2019.18020

The purpose of this study was to find the
disease and mortality incidences of calves born from pregnant Brown Swiss and
Simmental heifers imported from Austria in newly established dairy cattle farm
in Manisa province and determine the effect of breed, sex, calving type and
calving position on calf health. The study material consisted of the 180-days
health records of 62 Brown Swiss and 266 Simmental calves born alive from the
pregnant Brown Swiss and Simmental heifers imported from Innsbruck Austria. The
first calving of heifers was between June and December. Calves’ mortality rates
in 180-days period were 3.23% for Brown Swiss and 4.89% for Simmentals; 5.39%
for males and 3.73% for females; 3.14% for assisted born, 9.38% for difficult
born and 3.81% for spontaneous born calves. Calves’ most common health problems
were digestion, respiratory and foot diseases. It was found that calving
position had a significant effect on digestion problems and dystocia
complications. Treatment was more successful in Brown Swiss, female, twin and
spontaneous born calves. 

Cite this article as: Küçük Baykan, Z.,
Özcan, M., 2019. Diseases and Mortality Incidences of Calves Born from Imported
Brown Swiss and Simmental Heifers in Western Anatolian Conditions. Acta Vet
Eurasia DOI: 10.26650/actavet.2019.18020

Keywords

Brown swiss, calf, disease, mortality rate, simmental

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