Influence of social rank on animal behaviour of cows milked by an automatic milking system: implementation of automated procedures to estimate the rank and the length of stay in the feeding area

J. Harms; G. Pettersson; G. Wendl

Influence of social rank on animal behaviour of cows milked by an automatic milking system: implementation of automated procedures to estimate the rank and the length of stay in the feeding area

In: Precision Livestock Farming â05

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J. Harms

J. Harms ¹Bavarian State Research Center for Agriculture, Institute of Agricultural Engineering, Farm Buildings and Environmental Technology, Voettinger StraÃe 36, 85354 Freising, Germany
Jan.Harms@LfL.bayern.de

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G. Pettersson

G. Pettersson ²Department of Animal Nutrition and Management, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala

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G. Wendl

G. Wendl ¹Bavarian State Research Center for Agriculture, Institute of Agricultural Engineering, Farm Buildings and Environmental Technology, Voettinger StraÃe 36, 85354 Freising, Germany

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Pages:: 179â186

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.3920/978-90-8686-548-2_022

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A method to estimate the rank of an animal by analysing displacements at the feeding fence was used to describe the effects of different forms of cow traffic on high and low ranked cows. The calculated dominance values led to plausible results for the daily rhythm of feed intake and of visits to the milking box. The restriction of the access to the feeding area and to the milking box (from free to guided cow traffic), led to a lower use of these resources at the preferred times by cows classified as low ranked.

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Precision Livestock Farming â05

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Publisher:: Wageningen Academic

Print Publication Date:: 10 Oct 2005

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