Published in Scientific Papers. Series D. Animal Science, Vol. LVII
Written by Alexandru Marian FLOREA, Gheorghe HRINCĂ, Ionică NECHIFOR, Mihail GROZA, Claudia Ionela NECHIFOR
This paper describes the health status of a herd of 480 dairy cattle from a private farm from Botoşani County for a period of three years (2005-2007). The exploitation system of cattle was the one of loose housing with individual spaces of rest. There were presented the morbidity share (proportion), disease categories (gynaecological and obstetrical diseases, medical maladies, ruminal-reticular indigestions, leg anomalies, surgical problems) that affected the animals within the farm during this period, the incidences of these diseases, as well as the causes of their occurrence (some hygienic weaknesses in shelters and some imperfections of animal feed), all these issues being interpreted in ecopathogenic context (hereditary predisposition of animals, environment and technological factors). There were indicated some prophylactic measures that must be promoted in this farm.
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