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| Titel: |
Reaction of Calves to Two Flooring Materials Offered Simultaneously in One Pen |
| Auteur: |
Stefanowska, J. Swierstra, D. Smits, A. C. Berg, J. V. Van Den Metz, J. H. M. |
| Verschenen in: |
Acta agriculturae Scandinavica. Section A, Animal science |
| Paginering: | Jaargang 52 (2002) nr. 2 pagina's 57-64 |
| Jaar: |
2002-05-01 |
| Inhoud: |
Now that group housing is replacing individual crates, so that calves can lie, stand and walk on the pen floor, the quality of the floor for group-housed calves has become the focus of attention. The reaction of two groups of four calves to a double area of floor made from two materials (wooden slats and synthetic slats with a rubber coating) was examined round the clock for 5 days. The calves were switched between pens twice, and in each case the 5 day observation period was repeated. In all three phases all calves spent significantly more time ( P <0.01) lying on the wooden floor: on average 656 min day -1 compared with 294 min day -1 on the synthetic floor. The time spent in the standing/walking position on both floors, occurrence of slip incidents and self-maintenance behaviour did not differ significantly between floors. The observations on use of the pen floor for lying and for standing/walking in combination with feeding, plus observations on fouling of the floors with excreta suggest that future pen design could be functionally divided into lying and walking/eating areas. |
| Uitgever: |
Taylor & Francis |
| Bronbestand: |
Elektronische Wetenschappelijke Tijdschriften |
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