Short Communication: Association between neonatal calf diarrhea and lying behaviors

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dc.contributor.authorSwartz, Turner H.en
dc.contributor.authorSchramm, Hollie H.en
dc.contributor.authorPetersson-Wolfe, Christina S.en
dc.contributor.departmentLarge Animal Clinical Sciencesen
dc.contributor.departmentDairy Scienceen
dc.date.accessioned2021-09-23T12:55:38Zen
dc.date.available2021-09-23T12:55:38Zen
dc.date.issued2020-06-01en
dc.date.updated2021-09-23T12:55:35Zen
dc.description.abstractThe objective of this study was to determine the association of neonatal calf diarrhea (NCD) with step activity and lying behaviors in pre-weaned dairy calves. Calves were housed in individual hutches for the first 6 days of life, and then moved into a group pen. On the day of birth, calves (n = 30) were fitted with an accelerometer, and step activity and lying behaviors were recorded. Calves were assigned a fecal score (FS) twice daily using a 0 to 3 scale, and were diagnosed with NCD (n = 10) when the score was a 3. To ensure the only association noted was due to NCD, calves that had any other health complications were excluded from analyses (n = 1). Calves with NCD were pair matched by age, breed, and birthdate to a healthy calf. Day 0 was designated as the date of NCD diagnosis. Calves with NCD spent less time lying (P < 0.05) and displayed more lying bouts (P < 0.05) of a shorter duration (P < 0.01) than healthy calves. Specifically, calves with NCD displayed more lying bouts on days -7 (P < 0.05), -6 (P < 0.01), -5 (P < 0.01), -4 (P < 0.01), and -3 (P < 0.05). Similarly, lying bout duration was shorter for calves with NCD on days -6 (P < 0.05), -5 (P < 0.05), -4 (P < 0.01), and -3 (P < 0.01). Additional research is needed to examine if these tools can be used to identify diseased calves prospectively.en
dc.description.versionPublished versionen
dc.format.extentPages 100111en
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier100111 (Article number)en
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.vas.2020.100111en
dc.identifier.eissn2451-943Xen
dc.identifier.issn2451-943Xen
dc.identifier.orcidPetersson-Wolfe, Christina [0000-0002-2766-1306]en
dc.identifier.otherPMC7386648en
dc.identifier.other100111 (PII)en
dc.identifier.pmid32734112en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/105049en
dc.identifier.volume9en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherElsevieren
dc.relation.urihttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32734112en
dc.rightsCreative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 Internationalen
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/en
dc.subjectAccelerometeren
dc.subjectLying behaviorsen
dc.subjectNeonatal calf diarrheaen
dc.subjectPre-weaned calfen
dc.subjectStep activityen
dc.titleShort Communication: Association between neonatal calf diarrhea and lying behaviorsen
dc.title.serialVeterinary and Animal Scienceen
dc.typeArticle - Refereeden
dc.type.dcmitypeTexten
dc.type.otherJournal Articleen
dcterms.dateAccepted2020-03-20en
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pubs.organisational-group/Virginia Tech/Agriculture & Life Sciences/Dairy Scienceen
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