Time budgets of finishing bulls housed in an uninsulated barn or at pasture
This study aimed at comparing the behaviour of finishing bulls raised in an uninsulated barn (UB) and at pasture (PAS). In experiment 1, dairy bulls were housed in an uninsulated barn (two groups of five bulls, 32 m2/pen) or at pasture (groups of four and five bulls, 5000 m2/paddock). In experiment...
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| author | Leena Tuomisto Jaakko Mononen Paula Martiskainen Leena Ahola Arto Kalevi Huuskonen |
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| description | This study aimed at comparing the behaviour of finishing bulls raised in an uninsulated barn (UB) and at pasture (PAS). In experiment 1, dairy bulls were housed in an uninsulated barn (two groups of five bulls, 32 m2/pen) or at pasture (groups of four and five bulls, 5000 m2/paddock). In experiment 2, Hereford bulls were housed in an uninsulated barn (three groups of four or five bulls, 32 m2/pen) or at pasture (three groups of five bulls, 5000 m2/paddock). There were no differences in drinking, social licking, butting, other social behaviour, self-licking or idling between the UB and PAS bulls. The UB bulls spent more time in lying, ruminating, oral explorative and manipulative behaviour and rubbing and less time foraging and walking than the PAS bulls. The UB bulls performed more social licking and oral manipulation of objects and less mounting than the PAS bulls. These differences resulted most probably from the different feeding regimes and different space allowances. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-3e4e08beb30f4aa8902ad277bda58dfb2022-12-21T22:28:23ZengScientific Agricultural Society of FinlandAgricultural and Food Science1459-60671795-18952015-10-0124310.23986/afsci.51116Time budgets of finishing bulls housed in an uninsulated barn or at pastureLeena Tuomisto0Jaakko Mononen1Paula Martiskainen2Leena Ahola3Arto Kalevi Huuskonen4Natural Resources Institute Finland (Luke)University of Eastern FinlandUniversity of Eastern FinlandUniversity of Eastern FinlandNatural Resources Institute Finland (Luke)This study aimed at comparing the behaviour of finishing bulls raised in an uninsulated barn (UB) and at pasture (PAS). In experiment 1, dairy bulls were housed in an uninsulated barn (two groups of five bulls, 32 m2/pen) or at pasture (groups of four and five bulls, 5000 m2/paddock). In experiment 2, Hereford bulls were housed in an uninsulated barn (three groups of four or five bulls, 32 m2/pen) or at pasture (three groups of five bulls, 5000 m2/paddock). There were no differences in drinking, social licking, butting, other social behaviour, self-licking or idling between the UB and PAS bulls. The UB bulls spent more time in lying, ruminating, oral explorative and manipulative behaviour and rubbing and less time foraging and walking than the PAS bulls. The UB bulls performed more social licking and oral manipulation of objects and less mounting than the PAS bulls. These differences resulted most probably from the different feeding regimes and different space allowances.https://journal.fi/afs/article/view/51116behaviourbullshousingtime budgets |
| spellingShingle | Leena Tuomisto Jaakko Mononen Paula Martiskainen Leena Ahola Arto Kalevi Huuskonen Time budgets of finishing bulls housed in an uninsulated barn or at pasture Agricultural and Food Science behaviour bulls housing time budgets |
| title | Time budgets of finishing bulls housed in an uninsulated barn or at pasture |
| title_full | Time budgets of finishing bulls housed in an uninsulated barn or at pasture |
| title_fullStr | Time budgets of finishing bulls housed in an uninsulated barn or at pasture |
| title_full_unstemmed | Time budgets of finishing bulls housed in an uninsulated barn or at pasture |
| title_short | Time budgets of finishing bulls housed in an uninsulated barn or at pasture |
| title_sort | time budgets of finishing bulls housed in an uninsulated barn or at pasture |
| topic | behaviour bulls housing time budgets |
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