{"title":"The behaviour of dairy cows and their newborn calves in individual or group housing","authors":"S.A. Edwards","doi":"10.1016/0304-3762(83)90140-2","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Continuous observations during the first 6 h post partum were made on 38 heifers and 44 cows calving in individual pens, and 11 heifers and 40 cows calving in group housing. Only 22% of group-housed cows isolated themselves at calving. Many interactions involving alien cows and calves were observed in a group-calving situation and resulted in 4 cases of desertion of a newborn calf. Such interactions most commonly involved newborn calves and cows close to parturition. Calves born in group housing moved away from their dam more and directed a high proportion of teat-seeking towards alien cows. 33% of calves cross-suckled during the first 6 h of life.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":100106,"journal":{"name":"Applied Animal Ethology","volume":"10 3","pages":"Pages 191-198"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"1983-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/0304-3762(83)90140-2","citationCount":"63","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Applied Animal Ethology","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/0304376283901402","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Continuous observations during the first 6 h post partum were made on 38 heifers and 44 cows calving in individual pens, and 11 heifers and 40 cows calving in group housing. Only 22% of group-housed cows isolated themselves at calving. Many interactions involving alien cows and calves were observed in a group-calving situation and resulted in 4 cases of desertion of a newborn calf. Such interactions most commonly involved newborn calves and cows close to parturition. Calves born in group housing moved away from their dam more and directed a high proportion of teat-seeking towards alien cows. 33% of calves cross-suckled during the first 6 h of life.
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