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Apr 27, 2018 - The healty, pregnant heifers was housed mat based free-stall in group 1 (n = 12), mattress based free-stall in group 2 (n = 12) and straw yard in ...
1. INTERNATIONAL GAP AGRICULTURE & LIVESTOCK CONGRESS 25-27 April 2018 – Şanlıurfa/TURKEY

Effects of Housing Practice During the Last Month of Pregnancy on Postpartum Hoof Health in Dairy Heifers Mehmet AKKÖSE1*, Celal İZCİ2 1

General Directorate of Agricultural Enterprises (TIGEM), Ceylanpinar Agric. Enterprise, Sanliurfa-TURKEY 2 University of Selcuk, Department of Surgery, Konya-TURKEY *Corresponding author: [email protected]

Abstract Claw horn disruption (CHD) lesions usually develop around calving and are exacerbated by adverse environmental factors. The objective of this study was evaluate the effects of housing conditions during the last month of pregnancy on postpartum hoof health in dairy heifers. The healty, pregnant heifers was housed mat based free-stall in group 1 (n = 12), mattress based free-stall in group 2 (n = 12) and straw yard in group 3 (n = 12) during the last month of pregnancy. All animals was housed mattress based free-stall after calving. Claw disorders were recorded at the start of study and at second and thirdh months after calving. Sole hemorrhages (SH) and white line hemorrhages (WLH) was found in all heifers at 8th or 12th weeks after calving. The prevalence of SH was found 100% in mat, 100% in mattress and 45% in straw yard at the 8th week after calving and 87.5% in mat, 80% in matress and 82% in straw yard at the 12th week after calving. There were statistically significant difference between groups for prevalence of SH at 8th week (p