Five thousand dry sows, kept in stalls or tethered by the neck (both collar and harness) or chest, were inspected to determine their well-being and to find out if epidemiological techniques could be used to assess welfare within a reasonable time. The total level of lesions in sows tethered by...
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Applied Animal Ethology, 1983, 11, 1, pp 82-83
Using recent free-stall design with more head and hip room for cows, the objectives of this study were to compare permanent flooring (concrete or wood) covered with bedding and cow mattresses (filled with sawdust and shavings). Cows were observed in summer, autumn and winter at 15-min intervals for ...
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Albright, J. L.; Stouffer, D. K.; Coe, B. L.
Publisher
International Dairy Federation, Brussels, Belgium
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Brief Communications of the XXIII International Dairy Congress, Montreal, October 8-12, 1990, Vol. I., 1990, pp 49 (88)
The influence of the behaviour of neighbours on the development and performance of stereotypies was examined in Large White×Landrace sows tethered during pregnancy in a house with 88 stalls. Results suggested that behaviour of neighbours was not just being copied, but itself produced stress, and...
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Appleby, M. C.; Lawrence, A. B.
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Applied Animal Behaviour Science, 1988, 21, 4, pp 366-367
40 lactating Holstein cows, 20 in enclosed free-stalls and 20 in open free-stall housing, were compared to determine whether alternative housing influenced feed intake, milk yield and behaviour during winter. Cows were individually given a total mixed ration and also milked twice daily. Cows were...
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Arave, C. W.; Russev, N.; Macaulay, A.
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Journal of Dairy Science, 1991, 74, Supplement 1, pp 280
Author(s)
Hubrecht, R. C.; Serpell, J. A.
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Applied Animal Behaviour Science, 1993, 35, 3, pp 293
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Schweizer Archiv fur Tierheilkunde, 1983, 125, 7, pp 446
The objectives of this study were to determine whether reduction in living area to one-quarter of that normally found in loose-housed Holstein dairy cattle was stressful and sufficient to affect plasma corticoid concn. A further objective was to determine what effect isolation in an even smaller...
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Albright, J. L.; Arave, C. W.
Publisher
International Dairy Federation, Brussels, Belgium
Citation
Brief Communications of the XXIII International Dairy Congress, Montreal, October 8-12, 1990, Vol. I., 1990, pp 49 (89)
The development of agonistic behaviour of piglets in two types of farrowing pen and their later behaviour as sows in groups was investigated. One type of farrowing pen was 3.85 m2, the other was 6.85 m2. In both types, agonistic interactions were analysed at an age of 2, 3 and 4 weeks. After 8...
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Duijghuisen, J. A. H.
Citation
Applied Animal Behaviour Science, 1988, 21, 4, pp 368
Publisher
A.P. Agricultural University, Hyderabad., India
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Effect of floor and cage housing in relation to stocking density on the performance of layers., 1977, pp 39pp
Four free stall surfaces were evaluated: A. rubber tyres (5.1 and 5.5 cm + sawdust); B. hardwood boards (0.79 × 2.36 cm + sawdust); C. rubber mat + straw; D. cow mattress (1.22 m × 1.83 m woven polypropylene bag filled with 19.7 kg rice hulls). All free stalls included a brisket board, a bedding...
Author(s)
Steevens, B. J.; Young, R.
Citation
Journal of Dairy Science, 1988, 71, Suppl. 1, pp 146