Cow Recovery: The Sustainable Solution for Improving Downer Cow Outcomes

奶牛康复：改善情绪低落奶牛结局的可持续解决方案

• 批准号: 10082215
• 金额: $ 4.96万
• 依托单位: YEATMAN AND SONS LIMITED
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Grant for R&D
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2023 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=10082215
• 关键词: Cow; Recovery; Sustainable; Solution; Improving

The occasional downer cow, who cannot rise unaided due to illness or injury, is a fact of life on all dairy units. She may rise immediately following initial first aid; if not, she must be moved to a hospital pen for further assessment, nursing or veterinary care. Cows are difficult animals to move practically and humanely due to their size and all the existing techniques have drawbacks.The Cow Recovery project is an innovative Farmer/Vet collaboration which aims to improve outcomes for downer cows by providing a safer alternative to current methods of moving them, in conjunction with veterinary training.The Cow Recovery bucket, which can be attached to machinery available on most UK dairy farms, has key adaptations which make it uniquely suitable for moving downer cows and is painted appropriately to enhance public understanding and ensure a singular purpose. It enables two stock people to move a recumbent cow in a stress-free manner to a suitable location, without risk of injury to themselves or the animal.A twelve month study run on ten leading dairy farms will gain feedback on their experiences of using the bucket compared with previous techniques and follow the outcomes for the cows moved; including adverse events, short-term and long-term survival as well as experiences of the farm workers themselves.The learnings gained from this study will be shared through the veterinary training materials to create a standardised blueprint for safely and humanely handling the downer cow.Improved handling of recumbent cows has the potential to reduce mortality; improve welfare, productivity, efficiency, reputation and hence the sustainability and resilience of the UK dairy industry.

偶尔出现一些情绪低落的奶牛，由于生病或受伤而无法在没有帮助的情况下起床，这是所有奶牛场的一个事实。初步急救后，她可能会立即起床；如果没有，她必须被转移到医院围栏进行进一步评估、护理或兽医护理。由于奶牛的体型较大，因此很难进行实际和人道的移动，所有现有技术都存在缺陷。奶牛恢复项目是一项创新的农民/兽医合作项目，旨在通过提供一种比目前的移动方法更安全的替代方案，并结合兽医培训来改善情绪低落的奶牛的结果。奶牛恢复桶可连接到大多数英国奶牛场现有的机械上，它具有关键的适应性，使其能够在 特别适合移动情绪低落的奶牛，并进行适当的涂漆以增强公众理解并确保单一目的。它使两名饲养员能够以无压力的方式将一头卧式奶牛移动到合适的位置，而不会有对自己或动物造成伤害的风险。在十个领先的奶牛场进行的为期十二个月的研究将获得他们使用桶的经验与以前的技术相比的反馈，并跟踪移动奶牛的结果；包括不良事件、短期和长期生存以及农场工人本身的经验。从这项研究中获得的经验教训将通过兽医培训材料分享，以创建安全和人道地处理情绪低落的奶牛的标准化蓝图。改善卧式奶牛的处理有可能降低死亡率；提高福利、生产力、效率、声誉，从而提高英国乳制品行业的可持续性和弹性。