Social hierarchy influences dairy cows' use of shade in a silvopastoral system under intensive rotational grazing

M Deniz, KT de Sousa, MF Moro, MM do Vale… - Applied Animal …, 2021 - Elsevier
The aim of this study was to evaluate the relationship between thermal comfort indicators
and social hierarchy, and cows' location (shade or sun) and their diurnal behaviors in a
silvopastoral system of a subtropical climate, covering the four seasons. We measured
microclimatic variables (air temperature, relative humidity, wind speed, soil surface
temperature) and cows' behaviors in two areas (shaded and sunny), as well as the influence
of social hierarchy (dominant, intermediate, and subordinate) on cows' location (shade or …
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