Combining accelerometers and direct visual observations to detect sickness and pain in cows of different ages submitted to systemic inflammation.

ABSTRACT: Cattle suffering from inflammatory infection display sickness and pain-related behaviours. As these behaviours may be transient and last only a few hours, one may miss them. The aim of this study was to assess the benefit of combining continuous monitoring of cow behaviour via collar-attached accelerometers with direct visual observations to detect sickness and pain-related behavioural responses after a systemic inflammatory challenge (intravenous lipopolysaccharide injection) in cows of two different ages, proven by clinical, physiological and blood parameters. Twelve cloned Holstein cows (six 'old' cows aged 10-15 years old and six 'young' cows aged 6 years old) were challenged and either directly observed at five time-points from just before the lipopolysaccharide injection up to 24 h p

SUBMITTER: Ledoux D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9898231 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature