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Journal of Dairy Science Vol. 82 No. 12 2589-2604
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The Effects of Time of Disease Occurrence, Milk Yield, and Body Condition on Fertility of Dairy Cows

Scott H. Loeffler 1, Meint J. de Vries 1, and Ynte H. Schukken 2

1 Animal Health Service, Department of Ruminant Health, Deventer, The Netherlands
2 University of Utrecht, Department of Herd Health and Reproduction, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Utrecht, The Netherlands

The associations between occurrence of diseases, milk yield, and body condition score on conception risk after first artificial insemination (AI) were analyzed in an observational study on a convenience sample of 43 farms participating in a herd health program. Data were taken from 9369 lactations, from 4382 cows inseminated between 20 and 180 d in milk from 1990 to 1996. Two logistic regression models, one containing data from all lactations and a subset containing data from 1762 lactations with body condition scoring, were used to determine pregnancy risk at first AI. The effects of herd deviation in test-day milk yield, body condition score loss, and milk fat to protein ratio changes in early lactation were significant predictors of pregnancy risk, independent of disease; days in milk; farm; and seasonal factors. Three different methods of disease parameterization (incidence rates, binomial classes dependent on the interval in days since last occurrence with respect to AI, and a linear variable weighted for this interval) produced similar results. Metritis, cystic ovarian disease, lameness, and mastitis gave odds ratios for pregnancy risk ranging from 0.35 to 1.15, largely dependent on the interval in days from final disease occurrence to first AI. Displaced abomasum, milk fever, and retained fetal membranes resulted in odds ratios for pregnancy risk of 0.25, 0.85, and 0.55, respectively. These diseases showed little relationship between fertility and the number of days since last occurrence. Results of this study confirm the negative effects of milk yield, body score condition loss, and disease on dairy cow fertility. The effects of some diseases on first service conception were strongly dependent on the interval since last disease occurrence. This was especially valid for clinical mastitis, which has an extremely weak effect on conception if occurring prior to AI and is associated with >50% reduction in pregnancy risk if occurring in the 3 wk directly after AI.

Key Words: test-day milk yield • conception • mastitis • body condition score

Submitted on August 3, 1998
Accepted on August 5, 1999




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