Abstract:
The purpose of this study, which will be conducted using non-traditional and highly objective methods, is, firstly, to assess the influence technologies on bioclimatology and, consequently, on the welfare of dairy cows housed in them, and, secondly, to assess the influence of the technology and process of milking on the hidden traumatization of teats and udders that remains undetected by conventional methods. To this end, temperature changes on the body surface of animals will be detected using thermographic methods, the most objective means of recording the dynamics of these temperature changes. By clarifying the influence of the rearing environment on the organism of dairy cows using this technology, it will be possible to formulate what the requirements are for optimal conditions for reared animals in terms of their own natural environmental needs and it interests of maximising their efficiency.
In cooperation with the Inst. of Animal Production, principal investigator Ing. Ivana Knizkova, CSc.