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Short Communication: Effect of Stocking Density on Indices of Cow Comfort
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The objective of this study was to evaluate the effects of increasing stocking density on indices of cow comfort measured over a 24-h period, during peak lying time (0000 to 0400 h), and 1 h after the afternoon milking. Holstein cows (n = 136) were assigned to 1 of 4 pens, and stocking densities of 100, 113,131, and 142% were applied in a 4 Ã 4 Latin square. Video data were recorded continuously for 2 d after 5 d of acclimation to stocking density and analyzed with 10-min sca...
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 "The News Letter (Belfast, Northern Ireland)")
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Time to check stocking density.(Farming Life)
The News Letter (Belfast, Northern Ireland)
; Byline: NIGEL HILL, Greenmount Campus, College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Enterprise If you applied for Extensification Payment under the standard scheme, now is the time to check your stocking density. Are you close to the 1.8 Livestock Units (LU)/Hectare limit? Or maybe you are bordering on
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AT A GLANCE ...(Farming Life)
The News Letter (Belfast, Northern Ireland)
; RESEARCHERS at the University of Wisconsin used video cameras to record the behaviour of cows in a 104-stall free-stall barn. Different stall-base types were interspersed among the stalls. The tendency for cows to choose certain stall-base types over others was recorded four times during the day -
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AGRICULTURE: COMMISSION PROPOSES TO IMPROVE WELFARE OF BROILER CHICKENS.
European Report
; EFSA: serious shortcomings in broiler welfare. The Commission identified the need for action after a 2000 report by the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) identified serious animal welfare shortcomings in intensive farming in the EU. There are currently no EU-wide rules on broiler welfare, apart
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Winners and losers still uncertain
The Scotsman
; Changes in the less favoured area rules leave hill farmers in the dark on exactly where they stand WHEREVER a line is drawn, someone is on the wrong side of it. Farmers are more adept than most at recognising this, a fact which is producing a series of argumentative and complicated NFU meetings as
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Optimal stocking density for dual-purpose winter wheat production
Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics
; Dual-purpose winter wheat production is an important economic enterprise in the southern Great Plains of the United States. Because of the complex interactions involved in producing wheat grain and beef gain from a single crop, stocking density is an important decision. The objective of the
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Stocking Density and Feed Barrier Design Affect the Feeding and Social Behavior of Dairy Cattle
Journal of Dairy Science
; ABSTRACT The objectives of this study were to: 1) evaluate how stocking density at the feed bunk affects feeding and social behavior of dairy cows; and 2) determine if this effect is further influenced by the type of feed barrier used. Thirty-six lactating Holstein cows, allotted to 4 groups, were
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Factors affecting stall use for different freestall bases
Journal of Dairy Science
; ABSTRACT The objective of this study was to compare stall use (stall occupancy and cow position) by barn side for factors affecting stall use. A closed circuit television system recorded stall use four times per day for a 9-mo period starting May 9, 2001. Six factors were analyzed: stall base,
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Farm Return and Land Price Effects from Environmental Standards and Stocking Density Restrictions
Agricultural and Resource Economics Review
; This study assesses the economic and environmental effects to hog finishing farms from residual taxes/standards and restrictions on manure application and stocking density. Economic effects are measured in terms of net farm income and land prices, while levels of ammonia and excess nitrogen and
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ANIMAL WELFARE : COUNCIL HAMMERS OUT AGREEMENT ON CHICKENS.
European Report
; The EU's agriculture ministers managed, on 7 May, after a number of developments, to reach agreement on the directive setting minimum rules for the protection of chickens kept for meat production. They decided to limit stocking density to 33 kg/m2 while giving breeders the possibility of securing
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Print-outs row!; Farmers still in dark, says Kane.(News)
The News Letter (Belfast, Northern Ireland)
; AN Assembly Member yesterday hit out over the fact that farmers throughout Northern Ireland have not, as yet, received a print-out of information of the stocking density for their holdings. Without such information, premia payments will not commence said Gardiner Kane, MLA for North Antrim. Mr Kane
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