Nielsen, Per Peetz
- Department of Applied Animal Science and Welfare, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Abstract
Cross-sucking (CS) by artificially fed dairy calves is a redirection of the calves’ normal sucking behaviour and it occurs in close connection to milk meals. We examined how a combination of milk portion size (1 or 2 litres) and flow (300 or 600 ml per min) affects calves’ use of a computer controlled milk feeder and the occurrence of CS. Forty-eight calves (43 Holstein-Friesian and 5 Swedish Red; 26 heifers and 22 bulls) were exposed to all four treatments in a cross-over design with four periods of 1wk each. The data were analysed by either a generalized mixed model or a variance component procedure. The calves’ milk meals (rewarded visits) were longer (p
Conference
Proc. of the 42nd Congress of the International Society for Applied Ethology
SLU Authors
Lidfors, Lena
- Department of Applied Animal Science and Welfare, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
- Department of Applied Animal Science and Welfare, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
UKÄ Subject classification
Animal and Dairy Science
Veterinary Science
Permanent link to this page (URI)
https://res.slu.se/id/publ/18533