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.

偶尔情绪低落的奶牛，由于疾病或受伤而无法在没有人帮助的情况下站起来，这是所有乳品单位的生活事实。她可能在最初的急救后立即起身；如果没有，她必须被转移到医院的围栏里进行进一步的评估、护理或兽医护理。奶牛的体型很大，很难实际和人性化地移动，所有现有的技术都有缺点。奶牛回收项目是一个创新的农民/兽医合作项目，旨在通过提供一种比目前移动奶牛的方法更安全的替代方案，结合兽医培训来改善奶牛的结果。奶牛回收桶可以连接到大多数英国奶牛场现有的机械上，具有关键的适应性，使其特别适合移动奶牛，并适当地涂上油漆，以增进公众理解，确保单一用途。它使两个畜牧人能够以无压力的方式将卧牛移动到合适的位置，而不会对自己或动物造成伤害。在十个领先的奶牛场进行的一项为期12个月的研究将获得他们使用奶桶的经验的反馈，并跟踪被移动的奶牛的结果；包括不良事件、短期和长期生存以及农场工人自己的经验。从这项研究中学到的知识将通过兽医培训材料分享，以创建安全和人道地处理卧牛的标准化蓝图。改进卧牛的处理方式有可能降低死亡率；提高福利、生产力、效率和声誉，从而提高英国乳制品行业的可持续性和弹性。