Associations of Grazing and Rumination Behaviours with Performance Parameters in Spring-Calving Dairy Cows in a Pasture-Based Grazing System

Associations of Grazing and Rumination Behaviours with Performance Parameters in Spring-Calving Dairy Cows in a Pasture-Based Grazing System

This study investigated the relationship of the length of time spent grazing and ruminating with the performance parameters of spring-calved grazing dairy cows (n = 162) over the lactation period for three lactation seasons (n = 54 per season). The cows were Holstein Friesian (HFR), Jersey (JE), and...

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Main Authors: Muhammad Wasim Iqbal, Ina Draganova, Patrick Charles Henry Morel, Stephen Todd Morris
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2023-12-01
Series:Animals
Subjects:
grazing time
rumination time
individual animal data
grazing dairy cows
production parameters
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2076-2615/13/24/3831

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