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Journal of Animal Science and Technology
Korean Society of Animal Science and Technology

J Anim Sci Technol

pISSN: 2672-0191, eISSN: 2055-0391

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5187/jast.2024.e38

Article

Changes in ruminoreticular temperature and body activity in pregnant Hanwoo cows (Bos taurus coreanae) after lumpy skin disease vaccination

Jaejung Ha1, Daejung Yu2, Jisu Kim3, Jiyeon Han3, Mirae Kim3, Gunhoo Kim3, Jongil Jeong3, Gyeong-Min Gim4,*, Daehyun Kiim3,**
1Gyeongsangbuk-Do Livestock Research Institute, Yeongju 36052, Korea.
2Chonnam Agricultural Research & Extension Services Livestock Institute, Gangjin 59213, Korea.
3Department of Animal Science, Chonnam National University, Gwangju 61186, Korea.
4LARTBio Inc., Seoul 06221, Korea.
*Corresponding Author: Gyeong-Min Gim, LARTBio Inc., Seoul 06221, Korea, Republic of. E-mail: tty4447@naver.com.
**Corresponding Author: Daehyun Kiim, Department of Animal Science, Chonnam National University, Gwangju 61186, Korea, Republic of. Phone: +821053603648. E-mail: chunja2411@naver.com.

© Copyright 2024 Korean Society of Animal Science and Technology. This is an Open-Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

Received: Dec 11, 2023; Revised: Feb 26, 2024; Accepted: Mar 18, 2024

Published Online: Mar 20, 2024

Abstract

The first outbreak of lumpy skin disease (LSD) occurred in South Korea in October 2023, and cattle are being vaccinated countrywide to prevent its spread. However, studies regarding the changes in body temperature and activity after LSD vaccination during pregnancy are lacking. Therefore, this study aimed to compare the ruminoreticular temperature and body activity of 18 pregnant and 28 non-pregnant cows using a bolus sensor after LSD vaccination. Two days after LSD vaccination, the ruminoreticular temperature of all the experimental groups increased and that of the pregnant cows remained very high 3 to 5 days after vaccination compared with that in the non-pregnant cows. The rate of maintaining ≥40 °C was 12.8% in non-pregnant cows and up to 20.8% in pregnant cows. Body activity also temporarily increased in pregnant cows compared with that in the non-pregnant cows on the 1st and 4th days after vaccination. The results of this study may be applied to prevent the rise in ruminoreticular temperature and used as raw data by veterinarians when LSD vaccine is administered during pregnancy.

Keywords: Lumpy skin disease; lumpy skin disease vaccination; ruminoreticular temperature; body activity; pregnant cows; Hanwoo