Sentence examples for feed barrier from inspiring English sources

Each group stayed four weeks with each feed barrier type.

The total number of animals, and the proportion of these animals that were heifers, at the feed barrier and in the passageway behind the feed barrier were recorded.

The treatments involved two feed barrier space allowances (56 cm/animal ("high") or 20 cm/animal ("low")) and two feed barrier designs ('open' or 'individual headspaces').

Physical restrictions at the feed barrier may cause skin lesions, especially on the necks of cows.

The average number of animals at the feed barrier increased as feed barrier space allowance increased ('high' 3.8, 'low' 2.8, SEM 0.08, F1,9 78.3, P < 0.001), but was not significantly affected by barrier design.

The aim of our study was to investigate whether the type of feed barrier influences agonistic behaviour and stress.

The use of feed barriers further reduces competition at the feed trough in a partial mixed ration feeding system.

After these periods, the feed barriers were switched between groups and the 4 stocking density treatments were readministered.

One data set, based on 1,148 cows (115 herds), was from farms using feed barriers with post-and-rail designs (86 herds) and combinations of barriers (29 herds).

The second data set, which included 1,168 cows (117 herds), was from farms using only vertical feed barriers such as tombstone, diagonal, and headlock.

Use of feed barriers increased cow feeding time and decreased the number of feeding bouts in relation to the total time feed was available, particularly in subordinate cows, and reduced the number of cow displacements during feeding.