Research on Developmental Regularity of Ruminating Behavior in Holstein Calves and Its Correlation with Feed Intake

YANG Hui; ZHANG Siyuan; PENG Rong; CHEN Tianyu; ZHANG Hongxing; XIAO Jianxin; LIU Shuai; CAO Zhijun; SHAO Wei

doi:10.3969/j.issn.1006-267x.2022.03.024

Chinese Journal of Animal Nutrition >

2022 , Vol. 34 >Issue 3: 1614 - 1622

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3969/j.issn.1006-267x.2022.03.024

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Research on Developmental Regularity of Ruminating Behavior in Holstein Calves and Its Correlation with Feed Intake

YANG Hui ,
ZHANG Siyuan ,
PENG Rong ,
CHEN Tianyu ,
ZHANG Hongxing ,
XIAO Jianxin ,
LIU Shuai ,
CAO Zhijun ,
SHAO Wei

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1. College of Animal Science and Technology, Xinjiang Agricultural University, Urumqi 830052, China;
2. State Key Laboratory of Animal Nutrition, College of Animal Science and Technology, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China

Received date: 2021-11-08

Online published: 2022-03-14

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This study aimed to investigate the developmental regularity of ruminating behavior in Holstein calves and its correlation with feed intake. Animals used in this trail were 18 newborn Holstein female calves with similar birth weight of (42.1±5.4) kg and they were raised to 84 days of age independently. Their behaviors during both pre-weaning and post-weaning periods were observed and recorded by video, in which the daily total duration, duration mean and frequency of ruminating, lying, standing and non-nutritive oral behaviors were calculated each week, and the daily feed intake was also recorded. The results showed as follows:1) the ruminating behavior increased with the increase of weeks of age (P<0.05). The daily total duration of non-nutritive oral behaviors increased with the increase of week age in pre-weaning period (P<0.05). The daily total duration of lying behavior either in week 3 or 12 was lower than that in other weeks of the whole trail (P<0.05). The daily total duration of standing behavior during post-weaning period (week 12) was significantly higher than that in pre-weaning period (P<0.05). 2) The daily total duration of ruminating behavior of calves demonstrated extremely significantly positive correlation with total dry matter intake (DMI) (r=0.707, P<0.01), and significantly positive correlation with the intakes of total neutral detergent fiber (NDF) and physical effective NDF (peNDF) in diet (P<0.05). In conclusion, DMI can affect the development of ruminating behavior of calves, in which the DMI, as well as NDF and peNDF in solid feed are key factors that cause rumen development and ruminating behavior establishment of calves.

Key words： calves; ruminating behavior; feed intake; NDF; peNDF

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YANG Hui , ZHANG Siyuan , PENG Rong , CHEN Tianyu , ZHANG Hongxing , XIAO Jianxin , LIU Shuai , CAO Zhijun , SHAO Wei . Research on Developmental Regularity of Ruminating Behavior in Holstein Calves and Its Correlation with Feed Intake[J]. Chinese Journal of Animal Nutrition, 2022 , 34(3) : 1614 -1622 . DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1006-267x.2022.03.024

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