ArticleFrontiers in veterinary science2025
Effect of a daily outdoor access on milk quality and behavior of Italian Simmental dairy cows.
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- Effect of a 2-h daily exit on milk quality, activities and outside behavior of lactating cows.Frontiers in veterinary science · 2026Article
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Abstract
This study aimed at assessing the effect of a two and a four-hour daily outdoor access on milk quality and behavior of dairy cows. Six Italian Simmental lactating cows housed in a free-stall were paired and subjected to the treatments: no outdoor access (CTR), two-hour daily outdoor access (U2; 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.), and four-hour daily outdoor access (U4) divided into a morning (9:00 to 11:00 a.m.) and an afternoon (2:00 to 4:00 p.m.) exit. Using a crossover design, each pair of cows was subjected to each treatment for 2 weeks, then switched twice, until the completion of 6 weeks of evaluation. Variations in milk parameters were determined across the treatments (CTR, U2, U4). Outside behaviors were assessed during the two-hour stay in the paddock, whereas inside behaviors were considered in the same timeslots plus an additional timeslot (4:00 p.m.-6:00 p.m.) in which the three treatments were inside the stall. Milk yield, composition and cheese-making traits were not affected by the outdoor access, but the coagulation properties were suggestively significant (
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