Differences across herds with different dairy breeds in daily milk yield based proxies for resilience.

ABSTRACT: Global sustainability issues such as climate change, biodiversity loss and food security require food systems to become more resource efficient and better embedded in the local environment. This needs a transition towards more diverse, circular and low-input dairy farming systems with animals best suited to the specific environmental conditions. When varying environmental challenges are posed to animals, cows need to become resilient to disturbances they face. This resilience of dairy cows for disturbances can be quantified using sensor features and resilience indicators derived from daily milk yield records. The aim of this study was to explore milk yield based sensor features and resilience indicators for different cattle groups according to their breeds and herds. To this end, we calcul

SUBMITTER: Adriaens I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10270305 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature