Behaviour and cleanliness of replacement dairy heifers housed in group pens with combined feeding–resting stalls

This study was carried out in two commercial Norwegian dairy herds where the replacement heifers were kept in groups of 10 in pens with 6 conventional free-stalls and 5 combined stalls at the feed bunk. The stall cleanliness was better in the free-stalls than in the combined stalls (P

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Published in:Acta agriculturae Scandinavica. Section A, Animal science Animal science, 2015-01, Vol.65 (1), p.17-22
Main Authors: Bøe, K. E, Færevik, G, Graves, R. E
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Animals
behaviour
cleanliness
dairy heifers
dairy herds
free stalls
Pen design
Citations: Items that this one cites
Items that cite this one
Online Access:Get full text
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
cited_by cdi_FETCH-LOGICAL-c362t-d700a9fdd67a37d7a0f5a22567e2f6d04a97cc95d530eeacdd11ecebb350796f3
cites cdi_FETCH-LOGICAL-c362t-d700a9fdd67a37d7a0f5a22567e2f6d04a97cc95d530eeacdd11ecebb350796f3
container_end_page 22
container_issue 1
container_start_page 17
container_title Acta agriculturae Scandinavica. Section A, Animal science
container_volume 65
creator Bøe, K. E
Færevik, G
Graves, R. E
description This study was carried out in two commercial Norwegian dairy herds where the replacement heifers were kept in groups of 10 in pens with 6 conventional free-stalls and 5 combined stalls at the feed bunk. The stall cleanliness was better in the free-stalls than in the combined stalls (P
doi_str_mv 10.1080/09064702.2015.1059877
format article
fullrecord <record><control><sourceid>proquest_cross</sourceid><recordid>TN_cdi_crossref_primary_10_1080_09064702_2015_1059877</recordid><sourceformat>XML</sourceformat><sourcesystem>PC</sourcesystem><sourcerecordid>3793072051</sourcerecordid><originalsourceid>FETCH-LOGICAL-c362t-d700a9fdd67a37d7a0f5a22567e2f6d04a97cc95d530eeacdd11ecebb350796f3</originalsourceid><addsrcrecordid>eNqFkM1OGzEUhUeoSFDoI1S11HXgeiYeZ3ZtEX8SEguatXVjXydGE3t6PSnKjnfgDXmSOgpI7OqNj6xzzr3-quqrhDMJMziHDtqphvqsBqnKk-pmWh9Ux7JVciI7XX_6oI-qzzk_QjnNbHpc8S9a4d-QNiwwOmF7wtiHSDmL5AXT0KOlNcVROAy8FSsKnjiLVdpkciJEseS0GcRAMYunMK6ETetFKXDCE7kQl6_PL0x5LErkEfs-n1aHHvtMX97uk2p-dfn74mZyd399e_HzbmKbth4nTgNg551rNTbaaQSvsK5Vq6n2rYMpdtraTjnVABFa56QkS4tFo0B3rW9Oqu_73oHTn01ZwTyWb8Yy0kgNs1p2oHRxqb3LcsqZyZuBwxp5aySYHV7zjtfs8Jo3vCX3Y58L0Sde41Pi3pkRt31izxhtyKb5X8W3fYXHZHDJJTF_KI4WQEpZIDT_AG1yjf4</addsrcrecordid><sourcetype>Aggregation Database</sourcetype><iscdi>true</iscdi><recordtype>article</recordtype><pqid>1708219057</pqid></control><display><type>article</type><title>Behaviour and cleanliness of replacement dairy heifers housed in group pens with combined feeding–resting stalls</title><source>Taylor and Francis Science and Technology Collection</source><creator>Bøe, K. E ; Færevik, G ; Graves, R. E</creator><creatorcontrib>Bøe, K. E ; Færevik, G ; Graves, R. E</creatorcontrib><description>This study was carried out in two commercial Norwegian dairy herds where the replacement heifers were kept in groups of 10 in pens with 6 conventional free-stalls and 5 combined stalls at the feed bunk. The stall cleanliness was better in the free-stalls than in the combined stalls (P &lt; .01). Time spent lying was not affected by number of animals in the group (P = .20), but feeding synchrony (P = .05) and lying synchrony (&lt;.001) were higher when there were six animals in the group. The heifers showed a clear preference for lying in the standard free-stalls and this was not affected by number of animals in the pen (P = .83). The results of this initial study indicate that a pen system with combined lying/feeding stalls and free-stalls offers a satisfactory lying comfort, apparently minimal competition over lying space and acceptable animal cleanliness.</description><identifier>ISSN: 1651-1972</identifier><identifier>ISSN: 0906-4702</identifier><identifier>EISSN: 1651-1972</identifier><identifier>DOI: 10.1080/09064702.2015.1059877</identifier><language>eng</language><publisher>Abingdon: Taylor &amp; Francis</publisher><subject>Animals ; behaviour ; cleanliness ; dairy heifers ; dairy herds ; free stalls ; Pen design</subject><ispartof>Acta agriculturae Scandinavica. Section A, Animal science, 2015-01, Vol.65 (1), p.17-22</ispartof><rights>2015 Taylor &amp; Francis 2015</rights><rights>2015 Taylor &amp; Francis</rights><lds50>peer_reviewed</lds50><woscitedreferencessubscribed>false</woscitedreferencessubscribed><citedby>FETCH-LOGICAL-c362t-d700a9fdd67a37d7a0f5a22567e2f6d04a97cc95d530eeacdd11ecebb350796f3</citedby><cites>FETCH-LOGICAL-c362t-d700a9fdd67a37d7a0f5a22567e2f6d04a97cc95d530eeacdd11ecebb350796f3</cites></display><links><openurl>$$Topenurl_article</openurl><openurlfulltext>$$Topenurlfull_article</openurlfulltext><thumbnail>$$Tsyndetics_thumb_exl</thumbnail><link.rule.ids>314,780,784,27924,27925</link.rule.ids></links><search><creatorcontrib>Bøe, K. E</creatorcontrib><creatorcontrib>Færevik, G</creatorcontrib><creatorcontrib>Graves, R. E</creatorcontrib><title>Behaviour and cleanliness of replacement dairy heifers housed in group pens with combined feeding–resting stalls</title><title>Acta agriculturae Scandinavica. Section A, Animal science</title><description>This study was carried out in two commercial Norwegian dairy herds where the replacement heifers were kept in groups of 10 in pens with 6 conventional free-stalls and 5 combined stalls at the feed bunk. The stall cleanliness was better in the free-stalls than in the combined stalls (P &lt; .01). Time spent lying was not affected by number of animals in the group (P = .20), but feeding synchrony (P = .05) and lying synchrony (&lt;.001) were higher when there were six animals in the group. The heifers showed a clear preference for lying in the standard free-stalls and this was not affected by number of animals in the pen (P = .83). The results of this initial study indicate that a pen system with combined lying/feeding stalls and free-stalls offers a satisfactory lying comfort, apparently minimal competition over lying space and acceptable animal cleanliness.</description><subject>Animals</subject><subject>behaviour</subject><subject>cleanliness</subject><subject>dairy heifers</subject><subject>dairy herds</subject><subject>free stalls</subject><subject>Pen design</subject><issn>1651-1972</issn><issn>0906-4702</issn><issn>1651-1972</issn><fulltext>true</fulltext><rsrctype>article</rsrctype><creationdate>2015</creationdate><recordtype>article</recordtype><recordid>eNqFkM1OGzEUhUeoSFDoI1S11HXgeiYeZ3ZtEX8SEguatXVjXydGE3t6PSnKjnfgDXmSOgpI7OqNj6xzzr3-quqrhDMJMziHDtqphvqsBqnKk-pmWh9Ux7JVciI7XX_6oI-qzzk_QjnNbHpc8S9a4d-QNiwwOmF7wtiHSDmL5AXT0KOlNcVROAy8FSsKnjiLVdpkciJEseS0GcRAMYunMK6ETetFKXDCE7kQl6_PL0x5LErkEfs-n1aHHvtMX97uk2p-dfn74mZyd399e_HzbmKbth4nTgNg551rNTbaaQSvsK5Vq6n2rYMpdtraTjnVABFa56QkS4tFo0B3rW9Oqu_73oHTn01ZwTyWb8Yy0kgNs1p2oHRxqb3LcsqZyZuBwxp5aySYHV7zjtfs8Jo3vCX3Y58L0Sde41Pi3pkRt31izxhtyKb5X8W3fYXHZHDJJTF_KI4WQEpZIDT_AG1yjf4</recordid><startdate>20150102</startdate><enddate>20150102</enddate><creator>Bøe, K. E</creator><creator>Færevik, G</creator><creator>Graves, R. E</creator><general>Taylor &amp; Francis</general><general>Taylor &amp; Francis Ltd</general><scope>FBQ</scope><scope>AAYXX</scope><scope>CITATION</scope></search><sort><creationdate>20150102</creationdate><title>Behaviour and cleanliness of replacement dairy heifers housed in group pens with combined feeding–resting stalls</title><author>Bøe, K. E ; Færevik, G ; Graves, R. E</author></sort><facets><frbrtype>5</frbrtype><frbrgroupid>cdi_FETCH-LOGICAL-c362t-d700a9fdd67a37d7a0f5a22567e2f6d04a97cc95d530eeacdd11ecebb350796f3</frbrgroupid><rsrctype>articles</rsrctype><prefilter>articles</prefilter><language>eng</language><creationdate>2015</creationdate><topic>Animals</topic><topic>behaviour</topic><topic>cleanliness</topic><topic>dairy heifers</topic><topic>dairy herds</topic><topic>free stalls</topic><topic>Pen design</topic><toplevel>peer_reviewed</toplevel><toplevel>online_resources</toplevel><creatorcontrib>Bøe, K. E</creatorcontrib><creatorcontrib>Færevik, G</creatorcontrib><creatorcontrib>Graves, R. E</creatorcontrib><collection>AGRIS</collection><collection>CrossRef</collection><jtitle>Acta agriculturae Scandinavica. Section A, Animal science</jtitle></facets><delivery><delcategory>Remote Search Resource</delcategory><fulltext>fulltext</fulltext></delivery><addata><au>Bøe, K. E</au><au>Færevik, G</au><au>Graves, R. E</au><format>journal</format><genre>article</genre><ristype>JOUR</ristype><atitle>Behaviour and cleanliness of replacement dairy heifers housed in group pens with combined feeding–resting stalls</atitle><jtitle>Acta agriculturae Scandinavica. Section A, Animal science</jtitle><date>2015-01-02</date><risdate>2015</risdate><volume>65</volume><issue>1</issue><spage>17</spage><epage>22</epage><pages>17-22</pages><issn>1651-1972</issn><issn>0906-4702</issn><eissn>1651-1972</eissn><abstract>This study was carried out in two commercial Norwegian dairy herds where the replacement heifers were kept in groups of 10 in pens with 6 conventional free-stalls and 5 combined stalls at the feed bunk. The stall cleanliness was better in the free-stalls than in the combined stalls (P &lt; .01). Time spent lying was not affected by number of animals in the group (P = .20), but feeding synchrony (P = .05) and lying synchrony (&lt;.001) were higher when there were six animals in the group. The heifers showed a clear preference for lying in the standard free-stalls and this was not affected by number of animals in the pen (P = .83). The results of this initial study indicate that a pen system with combined lying/feeding stalls and free-stalls offers a satisfactory lying comfort, apparently minimal competition over lying space and acceptable animal cleanliness.</abstract><cop>Abingdon</cop><pub>Taylor &amp; Francis</pub><doi>10.1080/09064702.2015.1059877</doi><tpages>6</tpages></addata></record>
fulltext fulltext
identifier ISSN: 1651-1972
ispartof Acta agriculturae Scandinavica. Section A, Animal science, 2015-01, Vol.65 (1), p.17-22
issn 1651-1972
0906-4702
1651-1972
language eng
recordid cdi_crossref_primary_10_1080_09064702_2015_1059877
source Taylor and Francis Science and Technology Collection
subjects Animals
behaviour
cleanliness
dairy heifers
dairy herds
free stalls
Pen design
title Behaviour and cleanliness of replacement dairy heifers housed in group pens with combined feeding–resting stalls
url http://sfxeu10.hosted.exlibrisgroup.com/loughborough?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&ctx_tim=2025-01-07T17%3A39%3A59IST&url_ver=Z39.88-2004&url_ctx_fmt=infofi/fmt:kev:mtx:ctx&rfr_id=info:sid/primo.exlibrisgroup.com:primo3-Article-proquest_cross&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.atitle=Behaviour%20and%20cleanliness%20of%20replacement%20dairy%20heifers%20housed%20in%20group%20pens%20with%20combined%20feeding%E2%80%93resting%20stalls&rft.jtitle=Acta%20agriculturae%20Scandinavica.%20Section%20A,%20Animal%20science&rft.au=B%C3%B8e,%20K.%20E&rft.date=2015-01-02&rft.volume=65&rft.issue=1&rft.spage=17&rft.epage=22&rft.pages=17-22&rft.issn=1651-1972&rft.eissn=1651-1972&rft_id=info:doi/10.1080/09064702.2015.1059877&rft_dat=%3Cproquest_cross%3E3793072051%3C/proquest_cross%3E%3Cgrp_id%3Ecdi_FETCH-LOGICAL-c362t-d700a9fdd67a37d7a0f5a22567e2f6d04a97cc95d530eeacdd11ecebb350796f3%3C/grp_id%3E%3Coa%3E%3C/oa%3E%3Curl%3E%3C/url%3E&rft_id=info:oai/&rft_pqid=1708219057&rft_id=info:pmid/&rfr_iscdi=true