Automated, longitudinal measures of drinking behavior provide insights into the social hierarchy in dairy cows

Dairy cows compete for feed and water access on commercial farms. In this study we used EloSteepness to assess the summed Elo winning probabilities (i.e., dominance) of 87 cows housed in a dynamic group and compared the resulting social hierarchies based on their steepness (i.e., the average degree...

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Published in:	JDS Communications
Main Authors:	Borbala Foris, Bianca Vandresen, Kehan Sheng, Joseph Krahn, Daniel M. Weary, Marina A.G. von Keyserlingk
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Elsevier 2024-09-01
Online Access:	http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666910223001400