| Title: |
Taking cows body dimension when designing housing system : A way to improve dairy cows well being. |
| Authors: |
de Boyer des Roches, Alice; Veissier, Isabelle; gilot-fremont, Emmanuelle; Capdeville, Jacques; Mounier, Luc |
| Contributors: |
Unité Mixte de Recherche sur les Herbivores - UMR 1213 (UMRH); Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA)-VetAgro Sup - Institut national d'enseignement supérieur et de recherche en alimentation, santé animale, sciences agronomiques et de l'environnement (VAS)-AgroSup Dijon - Institut National Supérieur des Sciences Agronomiques, de l'Alimentation et de l'Environnement; VetAgro Sup - Institut national d'enseignement supérieur et de recherche en alimentation, santé animale, sciences agronomiques et de l'environnement (VAS); Institut de l'élevage (IDELE) |
| Source: |
33. International Ethological Conference; https://hal.inrae.fr/hal-02748386; 33. International Ethological Conference, Aug 2013, Newcastle, United Kingdom |
| Publisher Information: |
HAL CCSD |
| Publication Year: |
2013 |
| Collection: |
Archive ouverte HAL (Hyper Article en Ligne, CCSD - Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe) |
| Subject Terms: |
[SDV.BA]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Animal biology |
| Subject Geographic: |
Newcastle; United Kingdom |
| Description: |
International audience ; Dairy cattle spend most of the winter time indoors. Appropriate housing facilities-especially resting areas-are important to their welfare. As the selection for high milk production was accompanied by an increase in cows’ size, it is important for farmers to take into account cows’ dimensions when designing housing equipment in order to allow their adequate movements/positioning. The aim of this study was to investigate the links between specific characteristics of resting areas (e.g. size), cows dimensions and skin damages. A total of 131 farms (55 deep-bedded systems; 76 cubicle systems), were visited, resulting in 4254 cows on which height and width were measured and skin damages were recorded. Cows median height was 143 cm (1st-3rd quartile:143 - 147cm) and cows median length between point of shoulder and pin bone was 160 cm (1st-3rd quartile:155-164cm). Cows housed in deep-bedded systems had less hairless patches, lesions and swellings on the hindlegs, quarter and forelegs than cows in cubicles (P |
| Document Type: |
conference object |
| Language: |
English |
| Relation: |
hal-02748386; https://hal.inrae.fr/hal-02748386; PRODINRA: 263224 |
| Availability: |
https://hal.inrae.fr/hal-02748386 |
| Accession Number: |
edsbas.979AAABD |
| Database: |
BASE |