Effect of feeding duration and rumen fill on behaviour in dairy cows

Lindström, Tina; Redbo, I.

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“…Ruminal movements serve four physiological functions: mixing and moving ingesta, eructation and regurgitation of ingesta for rumination. Lindström and Redbo (2000) showed that oral manipulation of feed serves a behavioural function too, irrespective of rumen load. A certain amount of rumination per day is important to give cattle an outlet for their natural behaviour.…”

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Electronic monitoring of rumination activity as an indicator of health status and production traits in high-yielding dairy cows

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Acta Veterinaria Hungarica

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In view of the demonstrated relationship between rumination time and health status, the general welfare and metabolic condition of ruminants are often assessed by the examination of rumen function. The main goal of this study was to monitor the daily rumination activity (RA) and its connection with actual liveweight (LW), milk yield (MY) and with two diseases (subclinical hyperketonaemia -SHK, uterine disease -UD) in 96 cows on the basis of a total of 1638 observations in Israel. The studied sample gave a highly significant response, showing that the selected diseases had a diminishing impact on RA and LW and no influence on MY. It can be concluded that the change of RA as determined by electronic monitoring, complemented by the change of LW, is a useful general indicator of health status and subclinical disease before the appearance of clinical signs.

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Electronic monitoring of rumination activity as an indicator of health status and production traits in high-yielding dairy cows

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“…Gonza´lez et al (2008) also found that the variability in feeding time and body weight tended to increase in groups of heifers fed competitively, suggesting disparity between group members in their ability to access feed and maintain DMI. Similarly, Longenbach et al (1999) reported that competition increased the variability in live weight gain within pens of replacement dairy heifers. It has been demonstrated in heifers that competition for feed is most intense during the first hour after feed delivery, with these effects greatest in situations where competition for feed bunk access is increased as the number of animals able to feed simultaneously decreases (Keys et al 1978).…”

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“…These researchers also found that limit feeding increased vocalization levels in heifers , as well as increased the amount of aggressive 'reaching' to acquire feed . Limit feeding dairy cattle has also been associated with increased levels of oral stereotypies, including tongue rolling, constant head nodding, and bar biting/licking (Redbo et al 1996;Redbo and Nordblad 1997;Lindstro¨m and Redbo 2000). The changes in behaviour associated with limit feeding may be attributed to hunger and frustration as a result of lack of satiety (Watts and Stookey 2000;Valizadeh et al 2008).…”

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“…Keys et al (1978) found that increasing pen stocking density and, thus, decreasing feed bunk space (from 0.81 to 0.20 m per heifer) for yearling heifers linearly decreased their time spent eating by 26%. In a series of experiments on feed bunk space, Longenbach et al (1999) reported that heifers (ranging from 4 to 21 mo of age) subjected to increasing competition (by reducing feed bunk space from up to 47 down to 15 cm per heifer), resulted in heifers spending 25 to 50% less time eating. Gonza´lez et al (2008) also demonstrated that high levels of feed bunk competition (when comparing two, four, or eight heifers per feeding bin) reduced feeding time for heifers that were fed a high concentrate diet ad libitum.…”

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“…Gonza´lez et al (2008) also demonstrated that high levels of feed bunk competition (when comparing two, four, or eight heifers per feeding bin) reduced feeding time for heifers that were fed a high concentrate diet ad libitum. Interestingly, despite the reduction in feeding time, researchers have not reported any effect of competition for feed on the DMI of replacement dairy heifers fed ad libitum (Gonza´lez et al 2008;DeVries and von Keyserlingk 2009b) or, less surprisingly, those that are limit fed (Keys et al 1978;Longenbach et al 1999).…”

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Review: Behaviour and its role in the nutritional management of the growing dairy heifer

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Failure of a chemical spray to significantly reduce stereotypic licking in a captive giraffe

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The repetitive licking of nonfood substrates is a common stereotypic behavior in captive giraffes. In this study we attempted to reduce stereotypic licking in a Masai giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis tippelskirchi) by applying a bitter chemical (marketed as a taste deterrent to prevent the unwanted licking and chewing of substrates) to the areas of the fence licked most frequently by the giraffe. We hypothesized that this treatment would reduce stereotypic licking. However, there were no significant overall changes in stereotypic licking following treatment with the chemical spray. Although licking of the treated area was observed to decrease, the behavior increased in nontreated areas. These results suggest that the underlying motivation driving the behavior was not affected by the aversive stimulus. Because stereotypic licking in giraffes may be based on a motivation to use their tongues in foraging, more effective techniques for reducing stereotypic fence-licking in giraffes may include increasing feeding duration by increasing the quantity, processing time, or distribution range of food.

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Effect of feeding duration and rumen fill on behaviour in dairy cows

Cited by 60 publications

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Electronic monitoring of rumination activity as an indicator of health status and production traits in high-yielding dairy cows

Electronic monitoring of rumination activity as an indicator of health status and production traits in high-yielding dairy cows

Review: Behaviour and its role in the nutritional management of the growing dairy heifer

Failure of a chemical spray to significantly reduce stereotypic licking in a captive giraffe

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