ReviewAnimals : an open access journal from MDPI2024
Tactile, Auditory, and Visual Stimulation as Sensory Enrichment for Dairy Cattle.
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8 citing papers in PubMed.
- Brushing as Environmental Enrichment in Dairy Cattle: Effects of Different Brushing Modalities on Behavior, Health, and Production.Veterinary sciences · 2026Review
- The Welfare of Cattle in Different Housing Systems.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2025Review
- Innovations in Quail Welfare: Integrating Environmental Enrichment, Nutrition and Genetic Advances for Improved Health and Productivity.Veterinary medicine and science · 2025Review
- Assessing and Improving Animal Welfare Using Applied Ethology.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2025Article
- Horse vision through two lenses: Tinbergen's Four Questions and the Five Domains.Frontiers in veterinary science · 2025Review
- Effects of Using Mechanical Brushes on the Productive Performance of Dairy Cows.Veterinary sciences · 2024Article
- Mother-Offspring Bonding after Calving in Water Buffalo and Other Ruminants: Sensory Pathways and Neuroendocrine Aspects.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2024Review
- Human animal relationships inFrontiers in veterinary science · 2024Review
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Abstract
Several types of enrichment can be used to improve animal welfare. This review summarizes the literature on the use of mechanical brushes, tactile udder stimulation, music, and visual stimuli as enrichment methods for dairy cows. Mechanical brushes and tactile stimulation of the udder have been shown to have a positive effect on milk yield and overall behavioral repertoire, enhancing natural behavior. Classical music reduces stress levels and has similarly been associated with increased milk yield. A slow or moderate tempo (70 to 100 bpm) at frequencies below 70 dB is recommended to have this positive effect. Evidence on the impacts of other types of enrichment, such as visual stimulation through mirrors, pictures, and color lights, or the use of olfactory stimuli, is equivocal and requires further study.
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