Relationship Between Duration of Service and Dry Periods and Dairy Performance in Cows With Different Ways of Housing

Abstract

In the result of the conducted studies, it was found that in the tethered and loose cow housing, the highest indicators of dairy performance were marked in cows with the duration of the service period of 60-90 days. Dairy performance of these cows is higher than that of the animals with a shorter and longer service period for tethered housing by 5.1-11.7 %, for loose housing – 3.4-12.5 %. Both with the tethered and loose housing, a high milk performance was marked in cows with the dry period of 51-70 days.