Acta Veterinaria et Zootechnica Sinica ›› 2024, Vol. 55 ›› Issue (11): 4808-4818.doi: 10.11843/j.issn.0366-6964.2024.11.003

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Characteristics and Causes Analysis of Silent Estrus in Cows

Shuhan YANG1(), Lijin SHA2, Yunwei PANG1, Haoyu XIU1,4, Chao WANG1,3, Yuheng WANG1,3, Xinfeng HE1, Kaimin YUAN1,3, Yongqiang LU5,*(), Dong WANG1,*()   

  1. 1. Institute of Animal Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100193, China
    2. Beijing Dairy Cattle Center, Beijing 100192, China
    3. College of Animal Science and Technology, Jilin Agricultural University, Changchun 130118, China
    4. College of Animal Science, Shanxi Agricultural University, Taigu 030801, China
    5. Animal Husbandry Station of Beijing, Beijing 100107, China
  • Received:2024-05-14 Online:2024-11-23 Published:2024-11-30
  • Contact: Yongqiang LU, Dong WANG E-mail:3312270752@qq.com;luyongqiang@163.com;dwangcn2002@vip.sina.com

Abstract:

Estrus identification is an important link in cow breeding management.Timely and accurate identification of estrus cows has important significance to improve reproduction performance.However, silent estrus cows can't be identified by using pedometer or smart collar, which has become the main limiter of further improving reproductive efficiency.To this end, this paper reviews the characteristics of silent estrus cows, and analyzes the involving inducements and regulation mechanisms in previous studies.Analysis indicates that booming growth of internet of things, electromechanical, and sensing technologies provide facilities for revealing mechanism and laws of physiological and behavioral indices in estrus cows.A revelation of these mechanism and regularities will be helpful to promote the development of highly effective and accurate automated estrus identification technology, which will break through the bottleneck of silent estrus identification technology.

Key words: cows, estrus identification, silent estrus, feature analysis, cause analysis

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