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The effect of cubicle housing, grazing and increasing age on the locomotion scores of dairy cows

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 November 2017

R Wilkinson ,
T P Thomas ,
P E J Gwynn  and
M Jory
R Wilkinson
Affiliation:
ADAS, Trawsgoed, Aberystwyth, Dyfed, SY23 4HT
T P Thomas
Affiliation:
ADAS, Trawsgoed, Aberystwyth, Dyfed, SY23 4HT
P E J Gwynn
Affiliation:
ADAS, Trawsgoed, Aberystwyth, Dyfed, SY23 4HT
M Jory
Affiliation:
ADAS, Government Buildings, Burghill Road, Westbury-on-Trym, Bristol, BS10 6MJ
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In order to examine the locomotion characteristics of dairy cows in Wales and South West England, nine herds with a range of calving patterns, where locomotion scored using a scale from one (good) to five (recumbent) including half scores. Each herd was examined three times; at the end of the 1988 grazing season, late in the following winter housing period and finally towards the end of the 1989 grazing season. A total of 1,166 cows were seen on at least one occasion. The change in score arising from housing and the subsequent return to grazing was examined for the 464 cows which had been seen on every occasion.

Type
Dairy Production
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Proceedings of the British Society of Animal Production (1972) , Volume 1990 , March 1990 , pp. 130
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Copyright © The British Society of Animal Production 1990

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