Promoting young stock and cow health and welfare by natural feeding systems
Abstract
There is a great potential to ameliorate young stock rearing systems concerning animal welfare-friendly husbandry, feeding and disease prevention. This project aims to identify approaches on different levels: Surveys on dairy calf rearing systems with cow-calf contact practised in several European countries will provide information on distribution, diversity and success of such systems, and on barriers or support due to national standards. Economic modelling will show their impacts on gross-margins. On-farm trials with 2-3 selected systems will evaluate their impact on animal welfare including health, production, economic and work load parameters compared to common systems. Veal fattening with foster cows will be compared to common automatic feeders on 3 commercial farms. On 5 organic farms effects of feeding increased milk levels on welfare, behaviour, and performance of replacement calves will be analysed in comparison to common feeding. It will be investigated whether the content of immunoglobulins in colostrum and milk can be stimulated via cow-calf contact or via feed supplements. To study long-term effects of young stock rearing methods on health and performance later in life, different feeding (silage vs. non-silage) and grazing strategies (extensive vs. intensive) will be studied. The impact of plant bioactive compounds on protein use efficiency, animals’ immune response, and product quality will be assessed. A result of this project will be recommendations on the implementation of animal friendly and efficient dairy calf rearing and fattening systems in which use of antibiotics and anthelmintics is minimised.
Cattle Calves Health Feeding strategies Welfare
Publikationen
ERA-NET Core Organic Cofund: Promoting young stock and cow health and welfare by natural feeding systems - ProYoungStock - mid term report
Autoren: Alvåsen, K; Bieber, A; Caccamo, M; Eriksson, H; Fall, N; Fuerst-Waltl, B; Ivemeyer, S; Klopčič, M; Knierim, U; Martin, B; Menci, R; Niderkorn, V; Pomies, D; Priolo, A; Sakowski, T; Simantke, C; Spengler Neff, A; Valenti, B; Winckler, C Jahr: 2019
Forschungsbericht (extern. Auftraggeber)
Strategies for keeping dairy cows and calves together on European farms
Autoren: Eriksson, H; Fall, N; Priolo, A; Caccamo, M; Michaud, A; Pomies, D; Fuerst-Waltl, B; Weissensteiner, R; Winckler, C; Spengler Neff, A; Bieber, A; Schneider, C; Sakowski, T; Stachelek, M; Ivemeyer, S; Simantke, C; Knierim, U; Alvasen, K Jahr: 2021
Conference & Workshop proceedings, paper, abstract
Promoting young stock and cow health and welfare by natural feeding systems — ProYoungStock Ausführliche Kurzfassung des internationalen Endberichts in deutscher Sprache
Autoren: Fuerst-Waltl, B; Winckler, C; Haager, D; Kottik, D; Weissensteiner, R; Alvåsen, K; Bieber, A; Caccamo, M; Eriksson, H; Fall, N; Ivemeyer, S; Klopčič, M; Knierim, U; Martin, B; Menci, R; Niderkorn, V; Pomies, D; Priolo, A; Sakowski, T; Simantke, C; Spengler Neff, A; Valenti, B Jahr: 2022
Forschungsbericht (extern. Auftraggeber)
Grazing strategies and their relationship to traits of milk performance testing in cattle
Autoren: Fuerst-Waltl, B; Musati, M; Coppa, M; Fuerst, C; Ivemeyer, S; Klopčič, M; Martin, B; Winckler, C Jahr: 2021
Conference & Workshop proceedings, paper, abstract
Silage or hay: does feeding regime affect health related traits of primiparous dairy cows?
Autoren: Fuerst-Waltl, B; Ivemeyer, S; Coppa, M; Fuerst, C; Klopčič, M; Knierim, U; Martin, B; Musati, M; Winckler, C Jahr: 2022
Conference & Workshop proceedings, paper, abstract
Strategies for keeping dairy cows and calves together - a cross-sectional survey study
Autoren: Eriksson, H; Fall, N; Ivemeyer, S; Knierim, U; Simantke, C; Fuerst-Waltl, B; Winckler, C; Weissensteiner, R; Pomies, D; Martin, B; Michaud, A; Priolo, A; Caccamo, M; Sakowski, T; Stachelek, M; Neff, AS; Bieber, A; Schneider, C; Alvasen, K Jahr: 2022
Journal articles
Systeme kuhgebundener Aufzucht in sechs europäischen Ländern
Autoren: Ivemeyer, S; Eriksson, H; Alvåsen, K; Bieber, A; Caccamo, M; Fuerst-Waltl, B; Martin, B; Pomiès, D; Sakowski, T; Schneider, C; Simantke, C; Spengler Neff, A; Weissensteiner, R; Winckler, C; Knierim, U Jahr: 2023
Conference & Workshop proceedings, paper, abstract
Heu vs. Silage – Einfluss auf erstlaktierende Kühe
Autoren: Fürst-Waltl, B; Ivemeyer, S; Fürst, C; Knierim, U; Winckler, C Jahr: 2023
Conference & Workshop proceedings, paper, abstract
Heufütterung: Mehr Eiweiß in der Milch
Autoren: Ivemeyer, S; Fürst-Waltl, B Jahr: 2023
Newspaper / Magazine article
Project staff
Birgit Fürst-Waltl
Priv.-Doz. Dipl.-Ing. Dr.nat.techn. Birgit Fürst-Waltl
birgit.fuerst-waltl@boku.ac.at
Tel: +43 1 47654-93233
Project Leader
01.04.2018 - 31.03.2022
Roswitha Weißensteiner
Dipl.-Ing. Dr. Roswitha Weißensteiner
roswitha.weissensteiner@boku.ac.at
Tel: +43 1 47654-93232
Project Staff
01.04.2018 - 31.03.2022
Christoph Winckler
Univ.Prof. Dr.med.vet. Christoph Winckler
christoph.winckler@boku.ac.at
Tel: +43 1 47654-93221
Project Staff
01.04.2018 - 31.03.2022