novel approaches to expression and detection of oestrus in dairy cows
novel approaches to expression and detection of oestrus in dairy cows
novel approaches to expression and detection of oestrus in dairy cows
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LIST OF TABLES<br />
Table 1.1 Trends <strong>in</strong> the UK <strong>dairy</strong> <strong>in</strong>dustry 1<br />
Table 1.2<br />
Table 2.1<br />
Table 2.2<br />
Table <strong>of</strong> behavioural scores relat<strong>in</strong>g <strong>to</strong> particular oestrous<br />
behaviour 36<br />
Table <strong>of</strong> variables <strong>in</strong>vestigated for their effect on the <strong>in</strong>crease <strong>in</strong><br />
activity at <strong>oestrus</strong> 54<br />
Effect <strong>of</strong> lactation number, parity, oestrous number <strong>and</strong> oestrous<br />
season on activity at <strong>oestrus</strong> 58<br />
Table 2.3 Effect <strong>of</strong> milk yield on activity at <strong>oestrus</strong> 58<br />
Table 2.4<br />
Table 3.1<br />
The effects <strong>of</strong> the <strong>in</strong>teraction between milk yield <strong>and</strong> parity on the<br />
activity <strong>in</strong>crease at <strong>oestrus</strong> 59<br />
SNPs on genes <strong>in</strong>vestigated for their associations with an <strong>in</strong>crease<br />
<strong>in</strong> activity at <strong>oestrus</strong> 70<br />
Table 3.2 PCR reaction reagents 74<br />
Table 4.1<br />
Table 4.2<br />
Table 5.1<br />
Table 5.2<br />
Table 5.3<br />
Table 5.4<br />
Problems <strong>and</strong> solutions concern<strong>in</strong>g equipment set up for<br />
moni<strong>to</strong>r<strong>in</strong>g <strong>of</strong> <strong>dairy</strong> <strong>cows</strong> us<strong>in</strong>g UWB 98<br />
Table show<strong>in</strong>g results <strong>of</strong> 12 hour trial UWB moni<strong>to</strong>r<strong>in</strong>g <strong>cows</strong> <strong>in</strong><br />
<strong>oestrus</strong> 100<br />
Results from POC 2 show<strong>in</strong>g each cow’s mount<strong>in</strong>g behaviour<br />
identified from the UWB data, expressed as a percentage <strong>of</strong> the<br />
<strong>to</strong>tal mounts by visual observation 117<br />
Results from POC 3 show<strong>in</strong>g each cow’s mount<strong>in</strong>g behaviour<br />
identified from the UWB data, expressed as a percentage <strong>of</strong> the<br />
<strong>to</strong>tal mounts by visual observation 117<br />
Efficiency <strong>and</strong> accuracy <strong>of</strong> the optimised script at identify<strong>in</strong>g<br />
mounts from POC 2 on day <strong>of</strong> <strong>oestrus</strong> 119<br />
Efficiency <strong>and</strong> accuracy <strong>of</strong> the optimised script at identify<strong>in</strong>g<br />
mounts from POC 3 on days <strong>of</strong> <strong>oestrus</strong> 119<br />
Table 5.5 Number <strong>of</strong> mounts declared by the script per day <strong>in</strong> POC 2 121<br />
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