Short Communication: Feed Bunk Utilization in Dairy Cows Housed in Pens with Either Two or Three Rows of Free Stalls1

From: Journal of Dairy Science | Date: January 1, 2006| Author: | Copyright information

ABSTRACT

The goal of this observational study was to determine whether there were significant differences in feed bunk utilization patterns of dairy cows in free-stall pens with either 2 or 3 rows of stalls. Previously recorded 24-h videos of the high-yielding, mature cow group in 5 herds with 2-row pen designs and 5 herds with 3-row pen designs that were provided fresh TMR once a day after the morning milking were scan-sampled at 10-min intervals to record feed bunk utilization score (proportion of feed bunk spaces in the pen that were filled). Data were aligned according to peak feed bunk ...

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