Effect of time of day on grazing behaviour by lactating dairy cows

Gibb, M. J.; Huckle, C. A.; Nuthall, R.

doi:10.1046/j.1365-2494.1998.00102.x

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“…The lack of effect on bite rate of time at pasture is in contrast to both Patterson et al (1998) and Chilibroste et al (1997) who, besides a negative relation between time at pasture and average bite rate, also found that the intensity declined during the day. Also Gibb et al (1998) found, that the bite rate was higher in the grazing period following morning milking compared with grazing later in the day, but it is interesting that time of day did not affect total jaw movements. This could explain the missing effect on bite rate, as our method with visual inspection perhaps tended to register jaw movement and not bites.…”

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Effect of time at pasture combined with restricted indoor feeding on production and behaviour in dairy cows

Kristensen¹,

Oudshoorn²,

Munksgaard³

et al. 2007

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Extremely high nutrient loads have been reported in grazed grassland regimes compared with cutting regimes in some dairy systems that include the use of supplemental feeding. The aim of this study was, therefore, to investigate the effects on productivity and behaviour of high-yielding dairy cows with limited access to indoor feed and restriction in the time at pasture in a continuous stocking system. During a 6-week period from the start of the grazing season 2005, an experiment was conducted with the aim of investigating the effect of restrictive indoor feeding combined with limiting the time at pasture on the productivity and behaviour of high-yielding dairy cows (31.0^5.4 kg energy-corrected milk) in a system based on continuous stocking. The herd was split into three groups allocated to three treatments consisting of 4, 6.5 and 9 h at pasture, respectively. Each group of cows grazed in separate paddocks with three replicates and was separately housed in a cubicle system with slatted floor during the rest of the day. All cows were fed the same amount of supplement, adjusted daily to meet the ad libitum indoor intake of the cows at pasture for nine hours. The herbage allowance was 1650 kg dry matter (DM) per ha, and the intake of supplemental feed was 9.1 kg DM per cow daily. The limitation of the time at pasture to 4 h in combination with restrictive indoor feeding reduced the daily milk, fat and protein yield and live weight compared with 9 h of access to pasture. The proportion of time during which the cows were grazing while at pasture increased from 0.64 to 0.86 and the estimated herbage intake per h at pasture decreased from 2547 g DM to1398 g DM, when time at pasture changed from 4 to 9 h. It can be concluded, that in systems with a high herbage allowance, the cow was able to compensate for 0.8 of the reduction in time at pasture by increasing the proportion of time spent grazing and presumably also both the bite rate and mass, although the latter two have not been directly confirmed in the present study.

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“…Herbage intake per unit time is related to the time of day (Gibb et al, 1998;Orr et al, 2001), with the highest intake during morning and evening meals. Limiting the time spent on pasture per day might increase grazing intensity (Jung et al, 2002), as may a high herbage allowance (Pulido and Leaver, 2003).…”

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Effect of time at pasture combined with restricted indoor feeding on production and behaviour in dairy cows

Kristensen¹,

Oudshoorn²,

Munksgaard³

et al. 2007

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“…Behavioral studies allow the construction of time budgets (Gibb et al, 1998), as well as understanding how cows modify their behavior under different management regimes (Johansson et al, 1999). Studies conducted in conventional pasture-based systems have analyzed the impact of supplementation (Phillips and Leaver, 1986;Sheahan et al, 2011), frequency of pasture allocation (Dalley et al, 2001;Granzin, 2003), pasture height (Gibb et al, 1997) and pasture allowance (Chilibroste et al, 2012), together with available grazing time (Gregorini et al, 2009;Kennedy et al, 2009;Perez-Ramirez et al, 2009), prior fasting (Chilibroste et al, 1997 and2007) and time of the day (Gregorini, 2012) on cow behavior.…”

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Animal behavior and pasture depletion in a pasture-based automatic milking system

Lyons

Kerrisk

Dhand

et al. 2014

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In pasture-based automatic milking systems (AMS), feed is the main incentive that can be managed to encourage reliable and consistent voluntary and distributed cow traffic. Modifying timing, placement and size of feed allocations is expected to have an effect on cow behavior that could avoid the occurrence of extended milking intervals, which have a negative effect on milk yield. Therefore, behavioral studies provide information on how cows modify their actions under different management regimes and can help explain the impact of those regimes. Behavioral observations were conducted in spring 2011 at the FutureDairy AMS research farm, as part of a study where a herd of 175 cows was split into two groups that received supplementary feed either before (PRE), or immediately after (POST) milking. In addition, all cows were offered access to two daily pasture allocations. Observations were conducted in the pasture allocation on 15 focal cows from each treatment group during four periods of 24 h to detect presence and behavior (grazing, ruminating, idling and other) every 15 min. In addition, bite rate and pasture biomass were measured every hour. Overall, despite the finding that more POST cows than PRE cows entered the pasture allocation during the first 8 h of active access, there was no difference in the total proportion of cows that had gained access by the end of the active access period (average 68% for both treatments). Cows in the PRE treatment started exiting the pasture allocation just 6 h after entering, compared with 8 h for POST cows, although their behaviors in the pasture allocation did not differ. Behaviors and bite rate were more dependent on pasture biomass than on supplementary feeding management.

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“…Lebih lanjut Rook (2000) menyimpulkan bahwa sapi lebih banyak mengunyah pada malam hari daripada siang hari. Gibb et al (1998) melaporkan bahwa lama mengunyah sapi menunjukkan nilai maksimum pada malam hari (52,6; 47,5; 51;6; 59,4 Brown, M.S., Krehbiel, C.R., Galyean, M.L. , Remmenga, M.D., Peters, J.P., Hibbard,…”

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2014

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The objective of this study was to determine the effect of feeding methods on feeding behavior include the frequency and dur ation of eating time, the frequency and the duration of rumination for one day, night and daytime. The study used twenty of local cattle feeder males (Peranakan Ongole) with an age range of 1.5 -2 years old and initial weight were 200-273 kg. They were fed randomly with four feeding methods of top concentrate, component feedingg, total mixed ration (TMR) and free choice. Thus, completely randomized design was used for this study. Data length of eating and rumination time was analyzed using analysis of variance and continuited by honestly significant difference test (HSD). The frequency of eating and rumination were analyzed using Chi square. The results showed that the treatments affect significantly (P < 0.05) on spent of eating night; rumination daytime and night spent, but had no effect (P>0,05) on spent of eating one day, spent of eating daytime and spent of rumination for one day. Rumination frequency one day, daytime, and night were not affected (P > 0.05) by feeding method. Night rumination of feeder cattle groups fed with TMR method were longer ( P < 0.05 ) compared to feeder cattle groups fed with Component Feeding and Free Choice method, but it was similar ( P > 0.05 ) to feeder cattle groups fed with Top Concentrate. Between the groups feeder cattle fed with Component feeding and Free Choice were not significantly different ( P > 0.05 ).

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Effect of time of day on grazing behaviour by lactating dairy cows

Cited by 104 publications

References 7 publications

Effect of time at pasture combined with restricted indoor feeding on production and behaviour in dairy cows

Effect of time at pasture combined with restricted indoor feeding on production and behaviour in dairy cows

Animal behavior and pasture depletion in a pasture-based automatic milking system

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