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Table 3 Number of chewing cycles during eating in 24 h (mean ± sd, range in brackets) in 300 cows of three breeds

From: Evaluation of eating and rumination behaviour in 300 cows of three different breeds using a noseband pressure sensor

 

Groups

Breed

All cows (100 per breed)

Young cows, 2 to 4 years (50 per breed)

Old cows, 4.1 to 6 years (50 per breed)

Brown Swiss (n = 100)

18,120 ± 3830a (14,290–21,950)

17,566 ± 3850 (13,716–21,416)

18,674 ± 3728 (14,946–22,402)

Holstein Friesian (n = 100)

16,522 ± 3528 (12,994–20,050)

16,204 ± 3462 (12,742–19,667)

16,840 ± 3564 (13,276–20,404)

Swiss Fleckvieh (n = 100)

16,588 ± 3335 (13,252–19,923)

15,804 ± 3158 (12,646–18,961)

17,372 ± 3324 (14,047–20,696)

All cows (n = 300)

17,077 ± 3646 (13,431–20,722)

16,525 ± 3582b (12,943–20,106)

17,628 ± 3626 (14,003–21,254)

  1. aCompared with other breeds P < 0.01
  2. bCompared with old cows P < 0.01