The Influence of Daily Periods on the Drinking Behavior in Romanian Black and White Primiparous Cows

Authors

  • Silvia Erina Banat's University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine, Faculty of Animal Sciences and Biotechnologies, 300645, Calea Aradului, Nr. 119, Timişoara, România
  • Ludovic Toma Cziszter Banat's University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine, Faculty of Animal Sciences and Biotechnologies, 300645, Calea Aradului, Nr. 119, Timişoara, România
  • Stelian Acatincăi Banat's University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine, Faculty of Animal Sciences and Biotechnologies, 300645, Calea Aradului, Nr. 119, Timişoara, România
  • Dinu Gavojdian Banat's University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine, Faculty of Animal Sciences and Biotechnologies, 300645, Calea Aradului, Nr. 119, Timişoara, România
  • Iulian Tripon Banat's University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine, Faculty of Animal Sciences and Biotechnologies, 300645, Calea Aradului, Nr. 119, Timişoara, România
  • Simona Baul Banat's University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine, Faculty of Animal Sciences and Biotechnologies, 300645, Calea Aradului, Nr. 119, Timişoara, România
  • George Răducan Banat's University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine, Faculty of Animal Sciences and Biotechnologies, 300645, Calea Aradului, Nr. 119, Timişoara, România

Keywords:

drinking behavior, primiparous cows, Romanian Black and White Cows

Abstract

The study was carried out on 9 Romanian Black and White cows in their first one hundred days of lactation. The aim of this study was to determine some aspect of drinking behavior of the cows in 24 hours that were divided into 3 day periods (intervals): 07:00-14:00 (I1), 14:00-21:00 (I2), 21:00-07:00 (I3). During the experiments, the following drinking behavior aspects were determined: the number of drinkings and the length of drinking periods per 24 hours, in the fibrous-succulents administration order of forages (O1) and succulents-fibrous order (O2). Data was computed by ANOVA/MANOVA. Results showed that the daily periods had an influence on the number of  drinkings and drinking length, the lowest number of drinkings occurred during the night interval I3 (4.20) and the highest number together with the longest drinking period occurred in the second interval I2 (12.47 and 1062.50 seconds). In both  administration order of forages ( O1 and O2) there were a very significant differences (p<0.001) between I1 and I2 in favour of  I2, between I1 and  I3 in favour of I1 and between I2 and I3 in favour of I2,  for number of drinkings periods and for length of drinking periods.

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Published

2023-11-01

Issue

Vol. 44 No. 2 (2011): Scientific Papers: Animal Science and Biotechnologies

Section

Technologies Applied in Animal Husbandry

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