Sentence examples for feeding space from inspiring English sources
Pen space was either "unrestricted" (0.88 m2 per pig) or "restricted" (0.45 0.74 m2 per pig) and feeder space was either "unrestricted" (9 pigs per feeding space) or "restricted" (15 pigs per feeding space).
For both experiments, cows had 0.6 m of feeding space; one cows was allowed per lying stall.
Twenty-four lactating Holstein cows were provided with 0.5 and 1.0 m of feeding space per cow in a 2 × 2 crossover design replicated over time.
When feeding space allowance was increased, we observed an increase in the time a cow spent feeding and a decrease in the number of feeding bouts in relation to the total time feed was available, particularly in subordinate cows.
The objective of this experiment was to evaluate how feeding space allowance and provision of feed barriers interact to affect feeding and social behavior of dairy cows fed a partial mixed ration on a feed-pad.
The treatments were factorial with 3 feeding space allowances (0.6, 0.75, or 1.0 m of trough space per cow) and feed troughs that were either open or had head barriers that physically separated adjacent cows to reduce interactions during feeding.
Nearby were crying rooms, feeding spaces and playrooms for her young children.
Collective feeder consisted of three feeding spaces with a concentrate feeder capacity of 40 kg; and single feeder consisted of one single-space feeder with lateral protections, forming a chute, with a feeder capacity of 10 kg.
This is another reason for why separate feeding spaces is so important; you don't want aging Fido gulping down the puppy food when he is supposed to be eating the senior quality mix! Sure, this is more work for you but that's part of keeping multiple dogs.
The feed space allowance provided by a 2-row pen design potentially allows cows to demonstrate other important feeding behaviors, such as avoidance of conflicts and maintenance of greater inter-cow distances between neighbors while feeding.
There simply isn't room for everything, and the competition for feed space is intensifying.
