@article{article_582968, title={Effects of Rubber Flooring on Feeding and Resting Behavior of Dairy Buffalo and Cows}, journal={Kocatepe Veterinary Journal}, volume={12}, pages={378–383}, year={2019}, DOI={10.30607/kvj.582968}, author={Gültepe, Eyüp Eren and Çetingül, İbrahim Sadi and Bayram, İsmail and Kandır, Hesna and Kenar, Beytullah and Bülbül, Tuba and Uyarlar, Cangir and Özçınar, Ümit}, keywords={Yatma davranışı,altlık,inek konforu,serbest sistem barındırma,manda}, abstract={<p class="Abstract" style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;"> <span lang="en-gb" style="font-family:Garamond, serif;" xml:lang="en-gb">This experiment evaluated the effects of rubber
laying surface on feeding and lying behavior kinetics of dairy buffaloes and
cows. Fifty-four Anatolian dairy buffalo ( <i>Bubalus
bubalis </i>) and 18 Brown Swiss dairy cows were used in the experiment. The
animals group-housed in pens with concrete floor before the rubber flooring.
The behavior of the animals was recorded 24 hours for 15 days before and after
rubber flooring with a video camera system in the barn. Behavior data were
expressed as % of observed animal in pen per hour for each species. Lying down
behavior was assumed in a resting manner. The average number of buffaloes
laying down increased after rubber flooring while there was no effect on
resting behavior of the cows. </span> <span lang="en-us" style="font-family:Garamond, serif;" xml:lang="en-us">The rubber
flooring had no effect on feeding behavior of cows </span> <span lang="en-gb" style="font-family:Garamond, serif;" xml:lang="en-gb">. </span> <span lang="en-us" style="font-family:Garamond, serif;" xml:lang="en-us">Unexpectedly, the percent of buffaloes displaying
feeding behavior decreased after rubber flooring. </span> <span lang="en-gb" style="font-family:Garamond, serif;" xml:lang="en-gb">Results
suggested that water buffalo may have different responses to management and
housing strategies compared with the cows. However, further comparative studies
with individual animal data and wide-spread behavioral observations may support
a better understanding of behavioral response to modern intensive management
strategies in dairy buffaloes. </span> </p> <p> </p>}, number={4}, publisher={Afyon Kocatepe Üniversitesi}, organization={Afyon Kocatepe University Scientific Research Projects Commission}