| Yazarlar |
Mustafa Boğa
Niğde Üniversitesi, Türkiye |
Prof. Dr. Ahmet ŞAHİN
Ahi Evran Üniversitesi, Türkiye |
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Ünal Kılıç
Ondokuz Mayıs Üniversitesi, Türkiye |
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Murat Görgülü
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| Özet |
| This study was carried out to investigate whether cafeteria feeding affects behaviour of newborn milk fed dairy calves. Twenty Holstein Fnesian calves were divided into two treatment groups single (TMR) and cafeteria feeding. Each calf was observed once a week for a period of 1 h at 5 min intervals at different times of a day after the initiation of daily feeding to monitor eating, ruminating, drinking, licking objects, playing, resting, body care and idle standing activities. The proportional count of eating, ruminating, drinking, licking objects, playing, resting, body care and idle standing were determined as 5.33, 6.52; 5.56, 8.89; 1.36,1.09; 5.61, 5.14; 2.19, 1.60; 64.00, 62.58; 2.89, 3.59, 12.82 and 10.14%, respective to feeding systems TMR and cafeteria. There were not any statistically significant difference between cafeteria and TMR calves with respect to growth performance and blood parameters, except urea concentration, which was higher in cafeteria calves. In conclusion, cafeteria feeding increased welfare status of calf by decreasing idle standing behaviour and increasing body care without affecting growth performance significantly. Also, pre-ruminant calves in cafeteria feeding are able to make their own diet, more nitrogenous and less fibrous, as more appropriate to their digestive physiology. © Medwell Journals, 2009. |
| Anahtar Kelimeler |
| Behaviour | Body care | Dairy calves | Idle standing | Pre-ruminant | Welfare |
| Makale Türü | Özgün Makale |
| Makale Alt Türü | Uluslararası alan indekslerindeki dergilerde yayımlanan tam makale |
| Dergi Adı | JOURNAL OF ANIMAL AND VETERINARY ADVANCES |
| Dergi ISSN | 1680-5593 |
| Dergi Tarandığı Indeksler | Ziraat |
| Makale Dili | İngilizce |
| Basım Tarihi | 01-1912 |
| Cilt No | 8 |
| Sayı | 8 |
| Sayfalar | 1573 / 1578 |
