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Table 6 Number of chewing cycles per cud (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)

55 ± 9 (46–64)

56 ± 9 (47–65)

55 ± 9 (46–64)

Holstein Friesian (n = 100)

56 ± 11 (45–67)

57 ± 13 (44–70)

55 ± 8 (47–63)

Swiss Fleckvieh (n = 100)

53 ± 9 (45–62)

55 ± 9 (46–64)

52 ± 8 (44–59)

All cows (n = 300)

55 ± 10 (45–65)

56 ± 10 (46–66)

54 ± 9 (45–62)