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Poster 3
Nicola Blackie presents Poster 3 during the poster sessions in the Aula.
Session theme 1: Development, validation and automated measurements of indicators of animal welfare
RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN LAMENESS AND LYING BEHAVIOUR OF
ZERO-GRAZED HOLSTEIN DAIRY CATTLE RECORDED USING AN
ACTIVITY MONITOR
N. Blackie, E.C.L. Bleach, J.R. Amory, J.R. Scaife
Centre for Equine, Animal Science, Writtle College, Lordship Road, Chelmsford, Essex, UK
The following studies have been conducted using IceTag activity monitor on a 500 cow dairy
farm. Data obtained from this monitor includes time spend lying, standing and active as well as
length, distribution and frequency of lying bouts.
59 dairy cows (balanced for parity and stage of lactation) showed that lame cows spent significantly
longer lying down (p