Impacts of drainage beds covered with sand and wood shavings on the comfort behaviour of dairy buffalo in a temperate climate

Impacts of drainage beds covered with sand and wood shavings on the comfort behaviour of dairy buffalo in a temperate climate

Comfortable beds play an important role in increasing the ruminant and milk production efficiency of dairy buffalo. In loose housing systems, cow lying comfort depends on both the bedding materials and bed base. Buffaloes spent more lying time on sand beds at depth of 15 and 20 cm (S-15 and S-20) th...

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Veröffentlicht in:Irish Veterinary Journal 2020-03, Vol.73 (1), p.4-4, Article 4
Hauptverfasser: Li, Lin, Liu, Ping, Guo, Lulu, Zhang, Fulan, Pu, Jinhui, Mao, Huaming, Gu, Zhaobing
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Bedding
Bedding materials
Behavior
Behaviour
Buffaloes
Climate
Dairy cattle
Dairy products industry
Drainage beds
Feeds
Flooring
Legal fees
Milk
Time
Urine
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Zusammenfassung:Comfortable beds play an important role in increasing the ruminant and milk production efficiency of dairy buffalo. In loose housing systems, cow lying comfort depends on both the bedding materials and bed base. Buffaloes spent more lying time on sand beds at depth of 15 and 20 cm (S-15 and S-20) than on beds of 10 cm (S-10a) beds or in the feed alley in Exp1 (  
ISSN:0368-0762
2046-0481
2046-0481
DOI:10.1186/s13620-020-0157-1