Thermotolerant Capacity of Diverse Indonesian Lowland Holstein's Black and White Skin-Pigmentation Intensity

Sigid Prabowo; Ahmad Yani; Cece Sumantri; Iwan Prihantoro; Ahmad Romadhoni Surya Putra; Ferdian Achmad; Muhammad Pramujo; Poppy Satya Puspita; Serdar Güler

doi:10.21059/buletinpeternak.v49i4.110904

Thermotolerant Capacity of Diverse Indonesian Lowland Holstein's Black and White Skin-Pigmentation Intensity

https://doi.org/10.21059/buletinpeternak.v49i4.110904

Sigid Prabowo^(1*), Ahmad Yani⁽²⁾, Cece Sumantri⁽³⁾, Iwan Prihantoro⁽⁴⁾, Ahmad Romadhoni Surya Putra⁽⁵⁾, Ferdian Achmad⁽⁶⁾, Muhammad Pramujo⁽⁷⁾, Poppy Satya Puspita⁽⁸⁾, Serdar Güler⁽⁹⁾

(1) Department of Animal Production Technology, Faculty of Animal Science, IPB University, Jl. Agatis Kampus IPB Dramaga, Bogor, Indonesia 16680
(2) Department of Animal Production Technology, Faculty of Animal Science, IPB University, Jl. Agatis Kampus IPB Dramaga, Bogor, Indonesia 16680
(3) Department of Animal Production Technology, Faculty of Animal Science, IPB University, Jl. Agatis Kampus IPB Dramaga, Bogor, Indonesia 16680
(4) Department of Nutrition and Feed Technology, Faculty of Animal Science, IPB University, Jl. Agatis Kampus IPB Dramaga, Bogor, Indonesia 16680
(5) Faculty of Animal Science, Gadjah Mada University, Jl. Fauna No. 3 Bulaksumur, Yogyakarta, Indonesia 55281
(6) Polytechnic of Agricultural Development Yogyakarta-Magelang, Jl. Magelang-Kopeng KM.7 Magelang, Central Java, Indonesia 56101
(7) Faculty of Animal Science, Brawijaya University, Jl. Veteran, Ketawanggede, Lowokwaru, Malang City, East Java, Indonesia 65145
(8) Faculty of Animal Science, Brawijaya University, Jl. Veteran, Ketawanggede, Lowokwaru, Malang City, East Java, Indonesia 65145
(9) Department of Animal Science, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Dokuz Eylül University, Cumhuriyet Mahallesi, Cami Sokak, Kiraz-İzmir, Türkiye 35890
(*) Corresponding Author

Abstract

The lowland area of Indonesia has economic potential to develop as a major centre for dairy farming businesses. Still, there is a foremost matter: overheated irradiation immersed in damped air would increase the heat stress level. The present study was conducted to assess the heat stress tolerance level of lowland Indonesian Holstein cows, characterized by a dominant level of Black and White (B/W) pigmented skin coat. This study involved 34 heads of Holstein cows that were cared for in Eastern Jakarta. Breathing frequency (BF), rectum's warmth (RW), pulse rate (PL), white-skinned spot temperature (WSST), black-skinned spot temperature (BSST), average temperature rounded skin (ATRS), back region temperature (BRT), chest region temperature (CRT), upper-leg temperature (ULT), lower-leg temperature (LLT), skin's temperature (ST), body's temperature (BT), and heat tolerance coefficient (HTC) as variables were checked statistically with R 4.4.2 type software comprised correlation and independent t-test. Cows B/W classification performed with the imageJ 1.54g series program. Those analyses showed that most lowland Indonesian Holsteins were characterized by black-pigmented dominant cows (BDC). The pigmentation of both lateral sides of the body generated a significant correlation (p<0.05 and p<0.01) with several vital symptoms, including WSST, ATRS, ST, BT, and HTC, but only in the BDC Holstein class. The test of mean distinction between the two classes (BDC and WDC) produced statistically insignificant differences (p>0.05) in all measurable vital symptoms; all variables showed trends indicating that the BDC class had a greater response to heat stress. The BDC Holstein type selection base had high expectations of elevating the HTC score in Indonesian lowland cows, as the closing decision.

Keywords

Coastline region, Dairy cattle, Heat stress, Humid, Tropical

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.21059/buletinpeternak.v49i4.110904