20.500.12556/RUL-136358 Effect of a high welfare floor and a concrete slatted floor on the growth performance, behavior and cleanliness of Charolais and Limousin heifers a case study Various floor systems are used in cattle housing with different characteristics in terms of roughness, abrasion, wetness, bedding material, ease of cleaning, etc. Thus, the activity and welfare of the animals are greatly influenced by the type of floor. The floor of the barn can influence the development of health diseases, technopathies and the production and quality of animal products. Therefore, in the present case study, we studied the effects of two different flooring systems on the performance and on some behavioral and cleanliness parameters in heifers. Two floor systems (concrete slatted flooring (CSF) and high welfare flooring (HWF)) and two breeds (Charolais and Limousin) were used in the experiment. Heifers on HWF tended to show a higher frequency of grooming, rubbing and aggression than those on CSF, but not of standing, lying, eating, drinking, rumination, resting, stereotypies and covering of the animals. In addition, animals housed on HWF also appeared to show higher cleanliness than those housed on CSF. Results indicated that animals housed on HWF exhibited more social and self-care behaviors, suggesting that animals housed on such floors show more species-specific behaviors and have higher welfare. high welfare floor beef heifers behavior cleanliness Limousin Charolais govedo dobrobit živali etologija obnašanje živali telice pasme šarole govedo limuzin govedo rast čistoča tla true false true Angleški jezik Slovenski jezik Članek v reviji 2022-04-25 15:18:55 2022-04-25 15:18:56 2022-09-15 04:13:47 0000-00-00 00:00:00 2022 0 0 9 str. iss. 7, art. 859 Vol. 12 2022 0000-00-00 Zaloznikova Objavljeno NiDoloceno 0000-00-00 0000-00-00 0000-00-00 636.2:591.5 2076-2615 10.3390/ani12070859 104251651 animals-12-00859_(1).pdf animals-12-00859_(1).pdf 1 579A4CBFE7B740D1AA8FC10B7848FB42 2ca83511697acadca3c46db2421ea997ef7f45a6424b46972341e5b32ab34ce8 43260941-c49b-11ec-8aca-00155dcfd717 https://repozitorij.uni-lj.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=155964 https://www.mdpi.com/2076-2615/12/7/859 1 2f3c487e-c49a-11ec-8aca-00155dcfd717 https://repozitorij.uni-lj.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=155963 Biotehniška fakulteta 0 0 0