Relationship between Reticulorumen Parameters Measured in Real Time and Methane Emission and Heat Stress Risk in Dairy Cows
Ramūnas Antanaitis,
Lina Anskienė,
Eglė Rapaliutė,
Ronaldas Bilskis,
Karina Džermeikaitė,
Dovilė Bačėninaitė,
Violeta Juškienė,
Remigijus Juška,
Edita Meškinytė
Affiliations
Ramūnas Antanaitis
Large Animal Clinic, Veterinary Academy, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Tilžės St. 18, LT-47181 Kaunas, Lithuania
Lina Anskienė
Department of Animal Breeding, Veterinary Academy, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Tilžės Str. 18, LT-47181 Kaunas, Lithuania
Eglė Rapaliutė
AUGA Group, AB, Konstitucijos pr. 21C, LT-08130 Vilnius, Lithuania
Ronaldas Bilskis
AUGA Group, AB, Konstitucijos pr. 21C, LT-08130 Vilnius, Lithuania
Karina Džermeikaitė
Large Animal Clinic, Veterinary Academy, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Tilžės St. 18, LT-47181 Kaunas, Lithuania
Dovilė Bačėninaitė
Large Animal Clinic, Veterinary Academy, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Tilžės St. 18, LT-47181 Kaunas, Lithuania
Violeta Juškienė
Department of Ecology, Animal Science Institute, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, R. Zebenkos 12, 82317 Baisogala, Lithuania
Remigijus Juška
Department of Ecology, Animal Science Institute, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, R. Zebenkos 12, 82317 Baisogala, Lithuania
Edita Meškinytė
Animal Husbandry Selections, Breeding Values and Dissemination Center, Agriculture Academy, Vytautas Magnus University, Universiteto St. 10A, Akademija, LT-53361 Kaunas, Lithuania
The objective of this study was to investigate a connection between CH4 emissions and reticulorumen pH and temperature. During the experiment, we registered the following parameters: reticulorumen pH (pH), reticulorumen temperature (RR temp.), reticulorumen temperature without drinking cycles, ambient temperature, ambient relative humidity, cow activity, heat index, temperature–humidity index (THI), and methane emissions (CH4). The experimental animals were divided into two groups based on the reticulorumen pH: 1. pH p p p p p p < 0.01). Cows with a higher risk of heat stress had a higher risk of lower reticulorumen pH.
