Publications by authors named "Katinca Fungbrant"
Article Synopsis
- Keeping cattle outdoors for winter can be beneficial for cost and welfare, but hair loss due to lice can impact thermal protection in cold weather.
- A study in Sweden found that 25.7% of surveyed cattle groups had hair loss, with 15.7% of monitored animals developing it over the winter without preventative treatment.
- Effective strategies to reduce hair loss included timely delousing, maintaining cleanliness, and managing group sizes, while older animals and those with bedding were at higher risk; proactive farmers tended to have lower incidences of hair loss.
