@conference{
author = "Perišić, Vesna and Stošić, Petar and Perišić, Vladimir",
year = "2024",
abstract = "The results are presented for black and white dairy cows with dominant participation of the Holstein genes on two commercial farms of Al Dahra Corporation (former PKB) with different husbandry systems. The method of description was used as a method in this research. This method shows the number of dairy cattle on Al Dahra’s farms in 2021/22/23. years, different housing systems, certain characteristics of milk yield and reproduction. The results are presented in the form of mean values of the observed parameters for each examined year. In the free housing system, during the three years of observation, a significantly higher number of dairy cows were raised compared to the bounded housing system (+2420; +1900 and +1825, respectively). The production and reproduction results were significantly better in dairy cows in the freestall system compared to the bounded housing system. A higher daily milk yield per head (29.0) was achieved compared to the bounded system (27.2), which resulted in a higher annual milk production - 6,889 l compared to 5,278 l., but the quality of the milk (3.6% milk fat and 3.25% protein) was the same for both presented housing systems. The duration of the service period of 127 days in the free system is significantly shorter than the duration of the service period in the bounded system (171 days). The free housing system also led to a lower insemination index for both cows (2.7) and heifers (1.9) compared to the other way of housing (3.8 for cows and 2.4 for heifers). In both Al Dahras farms, the age of dairy cow at the moment of excluding from production herd is on average 5 years for both husbandry systems, which significantly reduces the profitability of production. Housing system is a factor that strongly affects the welfare quality of dairy cows. In the management system of Al Dahra there is no monitoring, but it could be pointed out that the available investigations of housing system did not bring complete answer on all questions. However, based on this research we can recommend a free housing system with positive influence on the welfare of the animals.",
publisher = "Šabac : Academy of Applied Studies",
journal = "Book of proceedings 2nd International Scientific Conference "Global Challenges through the Prism of Rural Development in the Sector of Agriculture and Tourism" (GIRR 2024), 10 May 2024, Šabac, Serbia",
title = "The influence of the housing system on well-being dairy cattle",
pages = "125-118",
url = "https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_rivec_914"
}
