ONE YEAR STUDY OF LYING AND STANDING BEHAVIOUR OF DAIRY COWS IN A FRESTALL BARN IN ITALY

Dairy farm buildings can have, as it is well known, a big influence on the microclimatic conditions in the cowshed. In order to examine the influence of environmental parameters on the conditions affecting animal welfare, an experimental programme was set up at a farm where anomalous behaviour of co...

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Main Authors: Giorgio Provolo, Elisabetta Riva
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PAGEPress Publications 2009-06-01
Series:Journal of Agricultural Engineering
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Online Access:http://www.agroengineering.org/index.php/jae/article/view/74