Competition for Total Mixed Diets Fed for Ad Libitum Intake using One or Four Cows per Feeding Station

摘要

When dairy cow facilities are being designed, a limited feeding area might be profitable and recom- mendable if the increased competition for feed does not harm the welfare of the animals or affect produc- tion negatively. An experiment was conducted at the University Cattle Research Centre (Uppsala, Sweden) to investigate the performance of individual Cows as well as groups of cows. Treatments used 1 or 4 cows per feeding station with a total mixed diet fed for ad libitum intake.