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Cow Lying Behaviour and Bedding Quality Changes during Five Weeks on a Stand-Off Pad

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العنوان: Cow Lying Behaviour and Bedding Quality Changes during Five Weeks on a Stand-Off Pad
المؤلفون: Cheryl O’Connor, Suzanne Dowling, Vanessa Cave, Jim Webster
المصدر: Animals, Vol 9, Iss 5, p 257 (2019)
بيانات النشر: MDPI AG, 2019.
سنة النشر: 2019
المجموعة: LCC:Veterinary medicine
LCC:Zoology
مصطلحات موضوعية: lying behavior, bedding quality, wood chips, dairy cattle, stand-off pads, Veterinary medicine, SF600-1100, Zoology, QL1-991
الوصف: Bedding quality and cow lying time were measured during five weeks in a normal farm practice (NFP) off-paddock system with no bedding refreshment. Two groups of 100 non-lactating dairy cows were compared to groups of 8 cows with fresh bedding (FB). The cows were on a woodchip pad for 18 h/d at a space allowance of 5.4 m2/cow, with 6 h/d on pasture for 5 weeks. Lying times were recorded continuously for 60 cows per group using accelerometers. Bedding moisture content was measured weekly. Data for each NFP group were analysed and compared with those of their respective FB group using repeated measures. The lying time declined over five weeks from 11.6 h/day during the first week to 5.6 h/day during the fifth week (SED = 0.3; F1,25 = 351.56; p < 0.001). The moisture content of the bedding increased over the five weeks and was significantly higher for both NFP groups (NFP Group 1: F5,59 = 8.33; p < 0.001; NFP Group 2: F5,61 = 5.54; p < 0.001) than those of the respective FB groups. The percentage of total time lying when in the paddock increased for the NFP groups, reaching 15% in the last week of the trial. During five weeks on a stand-off pad, bedding quality deteriorated, and cows lay down less, to such an extent that welfare was compromised.
نوع الوثيقة: article
وصف الملف: electronic resource
اللغة: English
تدمد: 2076-2615
Relation: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-2615/9/5/257; https://doaj.org/toc/2076-2615
DOI: 10.3390/ani9050257
URL الوصول: https://doaj.org/article/2d3ab8ded9b34273981a880cbd247a1b
رقم الأكسشن: edsdoj.2d3ab8ded9b34273981a880cbd247a1b
قاعدة البيانات: Directory of Open Access Journals
الوصف
تدمد:20762615
DOI:10.3390/ani9050257