Radu Ionel Neamt1, Ludovic Toma Cziszter1,2, Florin Cristian Neciu1, Gheorghe Saplacan1, Ciprian Valentin Mihali1, Alexandru Eugeniu Mizeranschi1,3, Silviu Ilie Saplacan4, Andreea Stefania Anton1 and Daniela Elena Ilie1
1 Research Department, Research and Development Station for Bovine, 310059 Arad, Romania
2 Department of Animal Production Engineering, University of Life Sciences “King Michael I of Romania” from Timisoara, 300645 Timisoara, Romania
3 Institute for Advanced Environmental Research, West University of Timişoara, Timişoara, Romania
4 Aurel Vlaicu University of Arad, Faculty of Economic Science, 310130 Arad, Romania
Neamt, R. I., Cziszter,, L. T., Neciu, F. C., Saplacan, Gh., Mihali, C. V., Mizeranschi, A. E., Saplacan, S. I., Anton, A. S. & Ilie, D. E. (2025). Factors associated with the risk of dystocia in the Romanian Spotted cows. Bulg. J. Agric. Sci., 31(3), 605–610
The current study aimed to identify and quantify the detrimental impact that farm efficiency strategies, continuously used, exert on dystocia risk in Romanian Spotted dual purpose herds. In this respect, data aimed calving ease, twinning and calves body weight at birth were recorded between January 2020 and November 2022. The average incidence of twinning (T) was 6.28%, based on an upward trend in the subsequent study years (from 5.22% to 6.53%, p ≤ 0.05). The same tendency was recorder related to the calves’ body weight at birth (CBW), with average values of
38.12 kg, 40.6 and 41.14 kg respectively for the study years (p ≤ 0.05). Analysing the incidence of dystocia (D) over time, suggested an increasing trend, as reflected by average thresholds of 5.97%, 6.34%, and 6.54% respectively, within the three years of the study. The mitigation of the intensity in increasing in T and CBW, resulted in a decreased incidence of D in herds, demonstrating the strong correlation between these three parameters included in the study. In conclusion, the economic efficiency of the farm by increasing T or CBW, leads to an increase in D, with its negative effects at the productive, reproduction, welfare and animals health status.