ArticleAnimals : an open access journal from MDPI2021
Postpartum Stressors Cause a Reduction in Mechanical Brush Use in Dairy Cows.
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- Brushing as Environmental Enrichment in Dairy Cattle: Effects of Different Brushing Modalities on Behavior, Health, and Production.Veterinary sciences · 2026Review
- Qualitative behavioural assessment shows individual variation suggestive of affective state changes in early lactation dairy cows.Frontiers in veterinary science · 2026Article
- Plasma oxytocin in dry dairy cows after using a mechanical brush.JDS communications · 2025Article
- Measuring minds: Understanding the mental states of dairy cattle in different management conditions.JDS communications · 2025Article
- A systematic review and meta-analysis of physical environmental enrichment to improve animal welfare-related outcomes in indoor cattle.Animal welfare (South Mimms, England) · 2025Review
- Animal affect, welfare and the Bayesian brain.Animal welfare (South Mimms, England) · 2024Review
- Automated monitoring of brush use in dairy cattle.PloS one · 2024Article
- Welfare of dairy cows.EFSA journal. European Food Safety Authority · 2023Article
- The Effect of Placement and Group Size on the Use of an Automated Brush by Groups of Lactating Dairy Cattle.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2023Article
- The effects of cow dominance on the use of a mechanical brush.Scientific reports · 2021Article
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Abstract
Dairy cows are often subjected to multiple post-partum stressors but how these stressors impact cows' affective states remain poorly understood. Negative affective states are often associated with reduced expression of low-resilience behaviors, so we explored whether cows would reduce their use of a brush after calving. Before calving, cows were offered the opportunity to use a mechanical brush once a week for 10 min. In Experiment 1, we explored whether cows reduced their use of a mechanical brush after parturition (compared to prepartum values) when subjected to the myriad of stressors typically experienced by cows at this time. In Experiment 2, we assessed the effect of cow-calf separation. Results from Experiment 1 showed that cows displayed a reduced brush use following parturition compared to the week before calving. In Experiment 2, we showed that cows given more time to bond with their calf, and who were separated more recently from their calf, showed a more pronounced reduction in brush use. Cows provided part-time contact with their calf for 29 days also reduced their brush use when they were permanently separated from their calf on day 30 after calving. These results suggest that cows experienced anhedonia and point to new directions for research on dairy cow affective states.
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