Effect of music on voluntary approach of dairy cows to an automatic milking system

Uetake, Katsuji; Hurnik, J. F.; Johnson, L.P.

doi:10.1016/s0168-1591(96)01159-8

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“…but q expresses the exact ratio between the facilities, an important piece of information in itself, which is also in agreement with the observation by Uetake et al (1997).…”

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 86%

Designing the optimal robotic milking barn by applying a queuing network approach

Halachmi

Adan

Wal

et al. 2003

Agricultural Systems

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The design of various conventional dairy barns is based on centuries of experience, but there is hardly any experience with robotic milking barns (RMB). Furthermore, as each farmer has his own management practices, the optimal layout is 'site dependent'. A new universally applicable design methodology has been developed, to overcome this lack of experience with RMBs and to facilitate the designing of their optimal layout. This model for optimizing facility allocation, based on cow behaviour, welfare needs, and facility utilization, uses queuing network theory, Markov process, and heuristic optimization. The methodology has been programmed into a software application, supporting the design process. On a particular farm, presented later as a case study, numerical results include: if the herd contains more than 50 cows, the forage-lane utilization is greater than 70% (or idle time is less than 30%). To meet animal-welfare demands, the herd size should not exceed 60 cows. Therefore, the herd should comprise 50-60 cows. In the second scenario examined, the average robot idle time was 25%, queue length was three cows, and each cow waited for about 3 min at the robot. It is still uncommon to apply techniques from queuing-network theory to livestock housing, and this study demonstrates their potential as practical design tools that meet both economic and animal welfare needs. #

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“…but q expresses the exact ratio between the facilities, an important piece of information in itself, which is also in agreement with the observation by Uetake et al (1997).…”

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 86%

Designing the optimal robotic milking barn by applying a queuing network approach

Halachmi

Adan

Wal

et al. 2003

Agricultural Systems

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“…For example, classical music has been suggested to enhance the well-being of chickens (Gvaryahu et al, 1989), carp (Papoutsoglou et al, 2007), Asian elephants (Wells and Irwin, 2008), western lowland gorillas (Wells et al, 2006), and domestic dogs (Wells et al, 2002). Other types of auditory stimulation that have been studied include the effects of country music on cattle (Uetake et al, 1997;Wisniewski et al, 1977) and ponies (Houpt et al, 2000).…”

Section: Auditory Stimulationmentioning

confidence: 99%

Behavioral effects of auditory stimulation on kenneled dogs

Kogan

Schoenfeld-Tacher

Simon

2012

Journal of Veterinary Behavior

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“…Moreover a stimulatory effect of calm music on the voluntary approach of cows to the Automatic Milking System was also reported (Uetake et al, 1997).…”

Section: Cattlementioning

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Perception of environment in farm animals – A review

Adamczyk

Górecka-Bruzda

Nowicki

et al. 2015

Annals of Animal Science

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Perception of the environment by farm animals is fundamental for expression of behaviour and of their adaptation to different environmental conditions. from a breeding-environmental perspective, perception becomes increasingly important when a production system negatively impacts on animals such that their normal expression of behaviour is compromised. therefore, research on the perceptual abilities of farm animals is of crucial importance to understand the animalenvironment relationship. this review is focused on research related to sensory perception of farm animals. It should be stressed that the world of animal senses is very difficult to explore, we have limited knowledge of the complexity of the animal's ability to perceive and process environmental stimuli.

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Effect of music on voluntary approach of dairy cows to an automatic milking system

Cited by 95 publications

References 8 publications

Designing the optimal robotic milking barn by applying a queuing network approach

Designing the optimal robotic milking barn by applying a queuing network approach

Behavioral effects of auditory stimulation on kenneled dogs

Perception of environment in farm animals – A review

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