Temperature-humidity index and reproductive performance of dairy cattle farms in Lima, Peru.

Autor: Rolando PL; Facultad de Ciencias Veterinarias y Biológicas, Universidad Científica del Sur, Lima, Perú., Sandoval-Monzón RS; Departamento de Salud Animal y Salud Pública, Facultad de Medicina Veterinaria, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Lima, Perú., Montenegro MP; Facultad de Ciencias Veterinarias y Biológicas, Universidad Científica del Sur, Lima, Perú., Ruiz-García LF; Departamento de Producción Animal, Facultad de Medicina Veterinaria, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Lima, Perú.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Open veterinary journal [Open Vet J] 2022 May-Jun; Vol. 12 (3), pp. 399-406. Date of Electronic Publication: 2022 Jun 19.
DOI: 10.5455/OVJ.2022.v12.i3.14
Abstrakt: Background: Heat stress results in a mild reduction in milk production, while long-term heat stress exposure can severely affect the productive and reproductive performance in dairy cattle.
Aim: To quantify the relationship between reproductive performance and temperature-humidity index in dairy cattle farms in Lima, Peru.
Methods: Monthly service, conception, and pregnancy rates were measured from four dairy farms in four different Lima localities as reproductive performance indicators, along with an index of heat stress and maximum daily temperature-humidity index (max THI), during a 3-year period. In order to establish the relationship between the max THI and the reproductive performance indicators, a multiple regression analysis was carried out, which considered farm and year as explicative variables.
Results: The regression model showed an adjusted R 2 of 33.5% with an estimated standard error of 5.75% and was highly significant ( p < 0.001). The regression coefficients for max THI for the variables pregnancy rate and conception rate were significant ( p < 0.0001). With every increasing unit of max THI, a 0.84% drop in the pregnancy rate and a 1.74% drop in the conception rate were estimated by the model. The regression coefficient of max THI for the service rate variable was not significant.
Conclusion: It was concluded that the increase in max THI significantly affected the reproductive performance of intensive dairy cattle farms in Lima.
Databáze: MEDLINE
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