Effects of amount of milk, milk flow and access to a rubber teat on cross-sucking and non-nutritive sucking in dairy calves

Applied Animal Behaviour Science
J Jung, L Lidfors

Abstract

The aim of this study was to test the effects of different amounts of milk, flow rate of milk, and access to a teat after milk intake on non-nutritive sucking on an empty teat and on cross-sucking on other calves in Bos taurus dairy calves. An additional aim was to test if calves prefer to perform non-nutritive sucking on a teat with the taste of milk or on a clean teat. First experiment involved 11 groups of three calves during gradual decrease from 5 to 2.5 and 1 to 0l of whole milk per meal twice daily. Milk flow was either 0.5 or 1l/min, and the teat buckets were either left or removed after milk intake. When the calves were fed with 5l of milk, non-nutritive sucking and cross-sucking decreased (P<0.001), compared to 1 and 2.5l. Removing the empty teat after milk intake increased cross-sucking (P<0.001). Slow milk flow reduced non-nutritive sucking after milk intake (P<0.05), but did not influence cross-sucking. Duration of recorded milk intake was similar with fast flow and 5l of milk, compared to slow flow and 2.5l of milk. The latter combination increased non-nutritive sucking and cross-sucking, suggesting that amount of milk is more important than duration of milk intake.Second experiment was carried out on 12 individua...Continue Reading

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Apr 20, 2001·Applied Animal Behaviour Science·J Loberg, L Lidfors

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