Rumination and its relationship to feeding and lying behavior in Holstein dairy cows

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 95, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 3212-3217

  Schirmann, K ^a,b   Chapinal, N ^a   Weary, D M ^a   Heuwieser, W ^b   von Keyserlingk, M A G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Automated assessment; Dry matter intake; Feeding time; Welfare

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DIET; DIGESTION; EATING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; PHYSIOLOGY; RUMINANT STOMACH; TIME;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CATTLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DIET; DIGESTION; EATING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; RUMEN; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84862106782     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: 15253198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.2011-4741     Document Type: Article

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