The impact of stall and feed rail stocking rate on cow welfare and behavior in automatic milking systems / by Ali Adil Mutlak Witaifi.

"The aim of this thesis was to examine the impact of stocking rate in the stalls and at the feed rail on body condition score, time budgets, lying behavior, lameness (gait scores), and cleanliness of lactating cows ... [milked with an automatic milking system]"--from abstract.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Witaifi, Ali Adil Mutlak (Author, Copyright holder)
Corporate Author: Michigan State University (Degree granting institution)
Other Authors: Siegford, Janice (Degree supervisor)
Language:English
Published: 2014.
Subjects:
Dairy cattle > Health.
Dairy cattle > Behavior.
Animal welfare.
Dairy cattle > Feeding and feeds.
Dairy farmers > Surveys.
Electronic dissertations.
Dairy farmers.
Academic theses.
Surveys.
Genre:
Surveys.
Electronic dissertations.
Academic theses.
Online Access:
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Dissertation Note:
Thesis M.S. Michigan State University. Animal Science 2014.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xii, 108 pages) : illustrations
Format: Thesis Electronic eBook
Description
Summary:
"The aim of this thesis was to examine the impact of stocking rate in the stalls and at the feed rail on body condition score, time budgets, lying behavior, lameness (gait scores), and cleanliness of lactating cows ... [milked with an automatic milking system]"--from abstract.
Note:Electronic resource.
Call Number:MSU ONLINE THESIS
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:9781321442342
1321442343
DOI:doi:10.25335/M5GR1C
Source of Description:
Description based on online resource; title from PDF t.p. (viewed on August 11, 2017)