The effect of housing on the diurnal behavioural profile of beef heifers
| Autor: | Mary Clare Hickey, Padraig French, Aidan Moloney |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2014 |
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| Zdroj: | Agricultural and Food Science, Vol 23, Iss 1 (2014) |
| Druh dokumentu: | article |
| ISSN: | 1459-6067 1795-1895 |
| Popis: | The objectives were to determine 1. the behaviour of heifers at pasture or housed on slats, and 2. the effect of housing on behavioural adaptation when moved to pasture. Forty-five continental crossbred heifers were assigned to either housing on slats at 3 m2 head-1for 5 months (H), grazing for 5 months (G) or housing for 4 months, prior to grazing (HG). Lying and eating behaviour was recorded periodically for H, G and for HG post-turnout. Per day, G animals spent longer (p |
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