Relationship between clinical mastitis, foot and claw disorders and exterior in Holstein cattle

ZAVADILOVÁ, Ludmila, KAŠNÁ, Eva, FLEISCHER, Petr, KRUPA, Emil, ŠTÍPKOVÁ, Miloslava and KREJČOVÁ, Michaela. Relationship between clinical mastitis, foot and claw disorders and exterior in Holstein cattle. Výzkum v chovu skotu/Cattle Research, 2018, vol. LX(2), p. 2-12. ISSN 0139-7265.
Year2018
CathegoryPublication in specialized journals
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Abstract

The paper deals with the genetic relationships between clinical mastitis and foot and claw disorders in Holstein cattle to exterior traits. A dataset included 9 612 cows of Holstein cattle from 7 farms, 1999 and 2015. Three groups of claw disorders were defined: skin diseases; claw disorders and all the recorded disorders, 0/1 occurrence per lactation. Body condition score, stature, angularity, fore udder attachment, rear udder height, udder depth, rear udder width, central ligament, teat length, front teat placement and rear teat position; rear legs rear view, rear leg set (side view), foot angle and locomotion analyzed by linear animal models. Heritability of disease traits were ​​0.10. Genetic correlations between clinical mastitis (CM0/1; CMP) and fore udder attachment (-0.25, -0.22), udder width (0.21, 0.33) and udder depth (-0, 33; -0.34); body condition score (-0.26; -0.15) and angularity (-0.18; -0.20). The genetic correlations between claw diseases were within the range of 0.03 to 0.46. For skin diseases, the rear legs rear view (-0.35) and to locomotion (-0.46). On the contrary, claw disorders to the rear legs (side view) (0.41) and to the foot angle (-0.25).