Ternman, Emma
(2014).
Sleep in dairy cows.
Diss. (sammanfattning/summary)
Uppsala :
Sveriges lantbruksuniv.,
Acta Universitatis Agriculturae Sueciae, 1652-6880
; 2014:105
ISBN 978-91-576-8158-4
eISBN 978-91-576-8159-1
[Doctoral thesis]
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Abstract
Little is known about rest and sleep in dairy cows, but it has been shown in other species that the total amount of sleep, duration of sleep bouts and distribution of sleep over 24 hours differ depending on health status, age, pregnancy and lactation. Sleep recordings conducted on cows with surgically implanted electrodes have shown that they sleep four hours per 24-hour period.
In this thesis, a non-invasive electrophysiological technique for recording sleep in dairy cows was developed and used to investigate variations in sleep pattern
during the lactation cycle. Non-invasive sleep recordings and behaviour observations were conducted during five hours in eight cows to validate the recording method. The data was scored for sleep and awake states according to standardised methods for human sleep scoring and earlier findings on cow sleep. The behaviours ‘lying with head resting’ and ‘lying with head lifted and still’ were compared with sleep recordings in 13 cows to evaluate the accuracy of sleep time estimates based on behavioural indicators. To investigate whether the research equipment caused a first-night effect in sleep time in dairy cows, nine cows were studied over three consecutive 24-hour periods. Sleep was also recorded in 19 dairy cows on seven occasions to investigate variations in sleep time during a lactation cycle.
It was possible to distinguish sleep and awake states in data recorded with the non-invasive electrophysiological technique in unrestricted dairy cows. Using behaviour estimates only, sleep was greatly overestimated because
drowsing and sleeping can be performed in the same position. The electrophysiological recordings conducted during the first out of three consecutive 24-hour periods provide adequate data on total sleep time in dairy
cows.
In conclusion, the results show that cows sleep less and ruminate more in early and peak lactation compared with late lactation and dry period. Cows lie down to rest and it is therefore important to ensure that they have enough time to do so.
Authors/Creators: | Ternman, Emma | ||||||||||
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Title: | Sleep in dairy cows | ||||||||||
Series Name/Journal: | Acta Universitatis Agriculturae Sueciae | ||||||||||
Year of publishing : | December 2014 | ||||||||||
Depositing date: | 26 November 2014 | ||||||||||
Number: | 2014:105 | ||||||||||
Number of Pages: | 51 | ||||||||||
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Place of Publication: | Uppsala | ||||||||||
Publisher: | Institutionen för husdjurens utfodring och vård, Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet | ||||||||||
Associated Programs and Other Stakeholders: | SLU - Research Areas for the Future > Future Agriculture (until Jan 2017) SLU - Research Areas for the Future > Future Animal Health and Welfare (until Jan 2017) | ||||||||||
ISBN for printed version: | 978-91-576-8158-4 | ||||||||||
ISBN for electronic version: | 978-91-576-8159-1 | ||||||||||
ISSN: | 1652-6880 | ||||||||||
Language: | English | ||||||||||
Publication Type: | Doctoral thesis | ||||||||||
Full Text Status: | Public | ||||||||||
Agris subject categories.: | L Animal production > L01 Animal husbandry L Animal production > L70 Veterinary science and hygiene - General aspects | ||||||||||
Subjects: | (A) Swedish standard research categories 2011 > 4 Agricultural Sciences > 402 Animal and Dairy Science > Animal and Dairy Science. | ||||||||||
Agrovoc terms: | dairy cows, sleep, rest, behaviour, time, lactation, dry period, electroencephalography | ||||||||||
Keywords: | Behaviour, Dairy cow, Drowsing, EEG, Lactation, NREM, REM , Sleep | ||||||||||
URN:NBN: | urn:nbn:se:slu:epsilon-e-2241 | ||||||||||
Permanent URL: | http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:slu:epsilon-e-2241 | ||||||||||
ID Code: | 11673 | ||||||||||
Faculty: | VH - Faculty of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Science | ||||||||||
Department: | (VH) > Dept. of Animal Nutrition and Management | ||||||||||
External funders: | FORMAS | ||||||||||
Deposited By: | Emma Ternman | ||||||||||
Deposited On: | 27 Nov 2014 07:11 | ||||||||||
Metadata Last Modified: | 14 Dec 2014 13:29 |
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