The effect of high barn temperature on the behaviour in Holstein dairy cows

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Result on the web

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DOI - Digital Object Identifier

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Result language

angličtina

Original language name

The effect of high barn temperature on the behaviour in Holstein dairy cows

Original language description

The aim of this study was to determinate the effect of high barn temperature on animal behaviour in Holstein dairy cows. The experiment was conducted on University&apos;s farm in Žabčice from 27th June to 27th July 2017 at an average outside air temperature of 25.9 oC and 25.5 oC temperature inside the barn. Two groups of dairy cows (72 animals each group) were included in the experiment. Dairy cows were housed in free stall bedded barn. Ethological manifestations (presence of dairy cows inside the stall - lying down or standing, presence of dairy cows outside the stall - in corridor or in feeding area) were recorded for each group three times a day (in the morning, at the noon, before leaving for the parlor), two consecutive days a week. The bioclimatic parameters were measured concurrently - outside and inside the barn (in the living area of both groups). Monitored dairy cows were fed during the entire monitoring period identical TMR. Results of our study demonstated the effect of high barn temperature on dairy cows behaviour. Overall, dairy cows were standing more than lying down, by 4%. However, while sections 1 and 9 did not have a more significant impact on ethological manifestations of dairy cows (dairy cows in both section acted the same way - they were lying down more than standing, except for slight variations), we found out significant differences in dairy cows behaviour in assessing the preferences of the individual rows of stalls. The highest number of dairy cows were in the middle row (B) compared to the row A (row closer to the feeding area) and the row C (row at the perimeter wall). Nevertheless, the proportion of individual dairy cow ethological manifestations in the individual rows (A, B, C) was comparable.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

D - Article in proceedings

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

40201 - Animal and dairy science; (Animal biotechnology to be 4.4)

Project

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Continuities

S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach

Publication year

2017

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Article name in the collection

MendelNet 2017: Proceedings of International PhD Students Conference

ISBN

978-80-7509-529-9

ISSN

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e-ISSN

neuvedeno

Number of pages

4

Pages from-to

294-297

Publisher name

Mendelova univerzita v Brně

Place of publication

Brno

Event location

Brno

Event date

Nov 8, 2017

Type of event by nationality

WRD - Celosvětová akce

UT code for WoS article

000440194500053