Dairy Cattle Behaviour in Different Housing Systems
2016
Sahi̇n, Elif | Ugurlu, Nuh
Dairy cattle housing are designed in different ways. Generally, the tie-stall housing systems, free-stall housing systems and loose housing systems are used in dairy cattle. Loose barn and free-stall barn systems have spread in recent years. Nowadays, housing types and building designs are come into prominence as the main trend in shelters planning for improving the animal welfare. Animal behaviours and environmental factors affect the herd management and shelter design in dairy cows company widely. When the animals are free in the housing area, cows stress reduces and productivity and animal welfare rise. Dairy cattle spent more time standing in freestall housing system according to the loose barn. As the lying bout is extended in the total time budget of dairy cattle, milk production is increased. Along with each hour increase of resting time is predicted to increase by 1.7 kg in milk production (Allen et al., 2013). In this review, studies conducted on the behaviour of dairy cattle in different housing systems were summarized owing to coming into the forefront appropriate shelter design to animal behaviour in dairy cattle breeding.
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