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  1. 1. Pair-holding of dairy calves in outdoor calf hutches : Impact on growth and redirected suckling behaviour

    Master-uppsats, SLU/Dept. of Animal Environment and Health

    Författare :Therese Alvegard; [2016]
    Nyckelord :dairy calves; calf hutches; redirected suckling; cross-sucking; growth rate; kalvar; kalvhyddor; omriktat sugbeteende; tillväxt;

    Sammanfattning : Cows are social animals but today dairy calves are generally housed in single-hutches or -pens instead of together with other calves during the first period of their lives. Concerns are that housing calves in pairs or groups increases the risk of health problems such as diarrhoea and respiratory diseases and also increases the occurrence of redirected suckling behaviours including cross-sucking. LÄS MER