BEHAVIOR OF DRY DAIRY COWS

Authors

  • Edmilson Vilela CNPq
  • José Bonifácio O. X. de Menezes CNPQ
  • Eli Antônio Schiffler CNPq
  • Rubens Campos Grilo CNPq

Abstract

This paper presents the results from two years of studies on the behavior of dry cows grazing on the Baixada Fluminense, State of Rio de Janeiro. It was found three different periods of grazing and four periods of rumination. The rest period was irregularly distributed during all day. It is studied the average of grazing, rumination and rest period, during the night an day-light. The influences of dry-season, rainy season and phases of the moon in the habits of the animals were studied too. It was found that the Moonlight increased the nightly grazing. The correlation coefficients between grazing-rumination; grazing-rest and rumination-rest were estimated. They were all negative and significant, at the 1 percent level.

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Published

2007-10-25

How to Cite

VILELA, E.; MENEZES, J. B. O. X. de; SCHIFFLER, E. A.; GRILO, R. C. BEHAVIOR OF DRY DAIRY COWS. Pesquisa Agropecuária Tropical [Agricultural Research in the Tropics], Goiânia, v. 4, n. 1, p. 67–79, 2007. Disponível em: https://revistas.ufg.br/pat/article/view/2160. Acesso em: 17 jul. 2024.

Issue

v. 4, n. 1, Jan./Dec. 1974

Section

Research Article

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