The Analysis of Production and Culling Rate With Regard to the Profitability in a Dairy Herd

As milk prices move away from production costs, dairy farms are under increased pressure to find ways to protect profitability on the farm. Producers have some problems that they can improve. Improve the milk production, produce more milk to sell focused on quality (reduce the amount of high level o...

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Veröffentlicht in:Advanced Research in Life Sciences 2017-07, Vol.1 (1), p.48-52
Hauptverfasser: Horváth, József, Tóth, Zsanett, Mikó, Edit
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:As milk prices move away from production costs, dairy farms are under increased pressure to find ways to protect profitability on the farm. Producers have some problems that they can improve. Improve the milk production, produce more milk to sell focused on quality (reduce the amount of high level of somatic cell count). The deterioration of animal health status (lameness, mastitis and different metabolic disorders) can have a serious impact on cow productivity, causing pain and discomfort, production losses and might result in a decision to cull the animal. Improving herd reproductive performance is an important aspect of profitable farm management. The aim of this work is to analyse milk production, reasons of culling and culling rate in different lactation on a dairy cattle farm.
ISSN:2543-8050
2543-8050
DOI:10.1515/arls-2017-0008