Short communication: Tick-borne disease is associated with changes in feeding behavior in automatically fed weaned dairy calves.

Autor:	Oliveira Júnior BR; Department of Animal Science, Escola de Veterinária, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG), Belo Horizonte, MG, 30123-970, Brazil., Silper BF; Department of Animal Science, Escola de Veterinária, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG), Belo Horizonte, MG, 30123-970, Brazil., Ribas MN; Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq), Bolsista do Programa Recursos Humanos em Áreas Estratégicas (RHAE)-SEVA Engenharia, Projeto Intergado, Contagem, MG, 32280-300, Brazil., Machado FS; Embrapa Dairy Cattle, Juiz de Fora, MG, 36038-330, Brazil., Lima JAM; Embrapa Dairy Cattle, Juiz de Fora, MG, 36038-330, Brazil., Cavalcanti LFL; Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq), Bolsista do Programa Recursos Humanos em Áreas Estratégicas (RHAE)-SEVA Engenharia, Projeto Intergado, Contagem, MG, 32280-300, Brazil., Coelho SG; Department of Animal Science, Escola de Veterinária, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG), Belo Horizonte, MG, 30123-970, Brazil. Electronic address: sandragesteiracoelho@gmail.com.
Jazyk:	angličtina
Zdroj:	Journal of dairy science [J Dairy Sci] 2018 Dec; Vol. 101 (12), pp. 11256-11261. Date of Electronic Publication: 2018 Sep 27.
DOI:	10.3168/jds.2018-14637
Abstrakt:	Tick-borne disease is a hemolytic disease complex that causes extensive losses to the dairy industry in tropical regions. Its timely diagnosis is challenging and labor intensive. Our objective was to investigate whether tick-borne disease was associated with changes in ingestive behavior of weaned dairy calves. Weaned calves (n = 35) enrolled at 108 ± 8 d of age were group housed (n = 12, 12, and 11/group) for 4 wk in the experimental pen, which had 12 electronic feed bins and 2 electronic water bins. Data were automatically collected at each feed or water bin visit via radio frequency identification ear tags. Water and total mixed ration were provided ad libitum. Calves were examined weekly for tick-borne disease detection. A disease bout was confirmed if packed cell volume was ≤25% at any exam. Diseased calves received antimicrobial and antipyretic treatment. Data were summarized by day within bin type (feed or water) as intake (kg/d; as-fed basis), frequency of visits (visits/d), and total duration of visits (min/d). Day of detection was set as d 0; a 9-d behavioral screening period for evaluation of behavioral changes was set according to d 0 (d -4 to +4). A within-calf mean was calculated for the healthy period (HP; mean of all days between 2 consecutive negative exams) for each response variable. Data were analyzed as within-calf differences between HP and each day of the behavioral screening period. Tick-borne disease was detected in 12 calves; thus, only data referent to these animals were included in the analyses. Compared with HP, daily feed intake was reduced on d -1, 0, and +1, and daily frequency and total duration of feed bin visits were reduced from d -3 to d +4. Daily feed intake was reduced by 35% on d -1 (3.5 ± 0.4 vs. 5.4 ± 0.5 kg/d for HP), and daily frequency and duration of visits were reduced by 27% (56.3 ± 7.8 vs. 76.7 ± 8.1 visits/d for HP) and 24% (27.0 ± 3.8 vs. 35.4 ± 3.9 min/d for HP) on d -3, respectively. Daily water intake on d 0 (9.1 ± 1.4 kg/d) was lower than at HP (12.9 ± 1.6 kg/d), but other drinking behaviors were not different from healthy means during the screening period. Feeding behavior, but not drinking behavior, was different from HP means before detection at weekly exams. Therefore, feeding behavior could be further explored for the development of algorithms for tick-borne disease detection. (Copyright © 2018 American Dairy Science Association. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.)
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