Next Article in Journal
Effects of Dietary Rosemary Extract Supplementation on Pork Quality of Chato Murciano Breed during Storage
Previous Article in Journal
Adaptation of Livestock to New Diets Using Feed Components without Competition with Human Edible Protein Sources—A Review of the Possibilities and Recommendations
Previous Article in Special Issue
The Effect of Comfort- and Hot-Period on the Blood Flow of Corpus Luteum (CL) in Cows Treated by an OvSynch Protocol
 
 
Article
Peer-Review Record

Lameness in Early Lactation Is Associated with Lower Productive and Reproductive Performance in a Herd of Supplemented Grazing Dairy Cows

Animals 2021, 11(8), 2294; https://doi.org/10.3390/ani11082294
by Joaquín Chiozza Logroño 1,2, Ramiro Rearte 1,2,3, Santiago Gerardo Corva 1,3, Germán Ariel Domínguez 4, Rodolfo Luzbel de la Sota 1,2, Laura Vanina Madoz 1,2,† and Mauricio Javier Giuliodori 1,5,*,†
Reviewer 1: Anonymous
Reviewer 2: Anonymous
Animals 2021, 11(8), 2294; https://doi.org/10.3390/ani11082294
Submission received: 28 May 2021 / Revised: 24 July 2021 / Accepted: 29 July 2021 / Published: 3 August 2021
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Reproductive Management)

Round 1

Reviewer 1 Report

Good manuscript. We need more information on lameness such as kind of lameness and detection by veterinarians and farmers.

 

Line

comment

21

There is a study, but only in German with English abstract: Hässig M., Degen Aguayo Aparicio C., Nuss K. Auswirkungen von Lahmheiten zum Zeitpunkt des Trockenstellens auf die Milch- und Fruchtbarkeitsleistungen der folgenden Laktation. Schweiz. Arch. Tierheilk. 160, 115-122, 2018 https://doi.org/10.17236/sat00148

84

Explain abbreviations such as NRC, PMR, DCAD the first time used

171

skip ; and add an empty line

173

add the information of lameness odds per year

205

If you show Fig. 1and 2 with a survival analysis according to Kaplan-Meier, you also have to use appropriate statistics for none-continuous-curves such as Cox proportional hazard analysis. This also has to be mentioned in M&M.

278

There is an important bias which must be addressed. There are several publications on detecting lameness in bovines, which shows that only 60% of all lameness is detected by the farmer. These regression to the mean bias has to be addressed

 

Author Response

Please see the attached

Author Response File: Author Response.docx

Reviewer 2 Report

Two major issues:
One you have not read and cited Archer et al (2010)

Your discussion is just a generic repetition of why people think lameness causes milk loss - it needs to be a discussion of where your data fits in the research published on milk loss and reproduction after lameness.

 

Further comments on attached document

Comments for author File: Comments.pdf

Author Response

Please see the attachment

Author Response File: Author Response.docx

Round 2

Reviewer 2 Report

Thank you for revisions. I still have major concerns which are outlined on the attached file

Comments for author File: Comments.pdf

Author Response

Please see the attachment

Author Response File: Author Response.docx

Round 3

Reviewer 2 Report

Thank you very much for your revisions. I am much happier with the paper. I have a few minor concerns/comments that I have put on attached PDF

Comments for author File: Comments.pdf

Author Response

Please see the attached

Author Response File: Author Response.docx

Back to TopTop