Open AccessDairy cow preference for outdoor access during winter under Eastern Canada climatic conditions
Author(s) -
E. Shepley,
Renée Bergeron,
François Bécotte,
E. Vasseur
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
canadian journal of animal science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.377
H-Index - 64
eISSN - 1918-1825
pISSN - 0008-3984
DOI - 10.1139/cjas-2016-0028
Subject(s) - preference , geography , zoology , environmental science , biology , mathematics , statistics
Cows on two separate farms were submitted to a 6 d preference test, repeated four times, consisting of three 2 d phases (3 h d-1 phase-1): forced-indoor, forced-outdoor, and free-choice. A majority of cows on both farms chose to be outdoors for at least 1 h. Previous experience may have contributed to outdoor preference.
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