MORPHOMETRIC EVALUATION OF UDDERS IN JERSEY COWS

Autor: MARTINA ORBÁN, L. GULYÁS, SZABINA NÉMETH, Z. GERGÁCZ
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2009
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Zdroj: Scientific Papers Animal Science and Biotechnologies, Vol 42, Iss 2, Pp 327-332 (2009)
ISSN: 2344-4576
1841-9364
Popis: The authors held an udder morphology inquiry in a domestic first lactation Jersey pedigree cow flock (n=268). Author’s aim was after collecting the udder’s morphological characters together to find relation between the udder’s different parameters, such as udder depth, distances of the two forwards, two backwards, forward-backwards teats, length and diameter of the teats, as well as the milk’s somatic cell number. The udder area bordered by teats (cm2) and the teats’ volume (cm3) were calculated with using the formulas created by the authors. The exanimate cow flock showed in cases of udder depth 37.2-39.0 cm, of the distance of the two forward teats 15.24-16.70 cm, in case of the backward teats the same distance was 8.16-10.43 cm, of the forward and the backward teats 12.60-14.17 cm, of the length of teat 5.03-5.43 cm and of the teat’s diameter 18.12-18.8 cm rates. The average somatic cell number was 238 thousand/ml. Statistically proved (P
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