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dc.contributor.authorJohnsen, Julie Føske
dc.contributor.authorJohanssen, Juni Rosann E.
dc.contributor.authorVøien Aaby, Anna
dc.contributor.authorKischel, Stine Grønmo
dc.contributor.authorRuud, Lars Erik
dc.contributor.authorSoki-Makilutila, Augustin
dc.contributor.authorKristiansen, Therese Bjørklund
dc.contributor.authorWibe, Anne
dc.contributor.authorBøe, Knut Egil
dc.contributor.authorFerneborg, Sabine
dc.date.accessioned2021-11-25T11:25:41Z
dc.date.available2021-11-25T11:25:41Z
dc.date.created2021-03-11T09:15:34Z
dc.date.issued2021
dc.identifier.citationJournal of Dairy Research. 2021, 88 (1), 52-55.en_US
dc.identifier.issn0022-0299
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11250/2831470
dc.description.abstractResearch is needed on how technology can facilitate cow−calf contact (CCC). This research communication describes the behaviour of dairy cow−calf pairs in two cow-driven CCC-systems differing in cows' access to the calves through computer-controlled access gates (smart gates, SG). Specifically, cow traffic through SG when visiting their calves, allogrooming, suckling and cross-suckling, cows' eating and resting behaviour and finally vocal response to separation were assessed. After 3 d in an individual calving pen, pairs (n = 8) were moved to the CCC compartment with a cow area, a calf creep and a meeting area. During the next 31 d calves could suckle the cows whenever they visited the meeting area (suckling phase). Cows had free (group 1, n = 4 pairs) or restricted access to the calves based on previous activity in the automatic milking system (group 2, n = 4 pairs). SG's controlled cow traffic between the meeting area and the cow area, in which the cows could access resources such as feed, cubicles, and the automatic milking system. Following the suckling phase cow access into the meeting area was gradually decreased over 9 d (separation phase). During the suckling phase, cows paid frequent and short visits to their calves. Pairs spent in total approximately one h/d suckling and allogrooming. However, the duration and frequencies of these events varied among pairs and groups, as did the vocal response to separation. Restricted access − cows performed more (unrewarded) attempts to visit the calves who cross-suckled more. Collectively, free access to the calves may have been more intuitive and welfare friendly. Although a low sample size limits interpretation beyond description and enabling hypothesis formulation for future research, the results indicate that the cow is motivated to visit her calf, albeit through a SG, thus facilitating particular behaviours for which cow-calf pairs are highly motivated.en_US
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.rightsNavngivelse 4.0 Internasjonal*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.no*
dc.titleInvestigating cow−calf contact in cow-driven systems: behaviour of the dairy cow and calfen_US
dc.typePeer revieweden_US
dc.typeJournal articleen_US
dc.description.versionpublishedVersionen_US
dc.source.pagenumber52-55en_US
dc.source.volume88en_US
dc.source.journalJournal of Dairy Researchen_US
dc.source.issue1en_US
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1017/S0022029921000194
dc.identifier.cristin1897190
dc.relation.projectNorges forskningsråd: 304061en_US
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