Behaviour of Buffalo Cows in the Milking Parlour:Entrance Order and Side Preference

摘要：

　　The aim of this study was to investigate dairy buffalo entrance order and side preference in the milking parlour.Two milking groups of buffalo cows were used.In both groups there was strong consistency of entrance order into the milking parlour.There was also evidence for high preference for the left or right side hy individual animals.Twelve animals showed stall preference.Our results showed that huffaloes can present marked entrance order consistency and side preference.We concluded that buffaloes should be allowed to satisfy these preferences during the milking process.

作者: Annemari Polikarpus Fernando Grasso Corrado Pacelli Fabio Napolitano David Arney Giuseppe De Rosa

作者单位: Institute of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Sciences,Estonian University of Life Sciences Kreutzwald Department of Agriculture,University of Naples Federico Ⅱ,Via Università 133,80055 Portici(Napoli) School of Agriculture,Forestry,Food and Environment,University of Basilicata,Via dellAteneo Lucan0

会议类型: 国际会议

会议名称: XVIth International Congress on Animal Hygiene(第十六届动物卫生国际会议(ISAH 2013))

会议地点: 南京

会议语种:英文

页码: 33-35

在线出版日期: 2013-05-05（万方平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）