THE ESTIMATE INDEX OF WELFARE AT DAIRY CATTLE
Keywords:
shelter, comfort, dairy cattleAbstract
We have described in this paper the impact of closing elements of the shelter over
the dairy cattle. After an analysis of animal waist, it is verify the way in which the
stand, the limitation bars and the distance between the bars influence the behavior,
as a welfare index. Next, the floor impact over the expression mode of the sudden
movement and also over the heat manifestation was analyzed.
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