Animal behavior and pasture depletion in a pasture-based automatic milking system
In pasture-based automatic milking systems (AMS), feed is the main incentive that can be managed to encourage reliable and consistent voluntary and distributed cow traffic. Modifying timing, placement and size of feed allocations is expected to have an effect on cow behavior that could avoid the occ...
Main Authors: | N.A. Lyons, K.L. Kerrisk, N.K. Dhand, V.E. Scott, S.C. Garcia |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2014-01-01
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Series: | Animal |
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Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1751731114001190 |
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