Animal Welfare Information Center Newsletter, Vol. 7

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Excerpt from Animal Welfare Information Center Newsletter, Vol. 7: Winter 1996/1997Figure 4. General layout of enrichment devices in the calf pen.Frequency of cross sucking was greater (p fig. 5) for calves in pens without enrichment devices. There was no difference in total activity (walking and standing) between the two environments, nor were there any differences in total oral activity (fig. Which suggests that the calves want to spend a certain amount of time sucking and that this is an important behavior for them. It appears that the calf will seek out some thing to suck on whether it is appropriate from a calf manage ment standpoint or not. Use of the Braden bottle also decreased (p) in this experiment, which suggests that habitua tion (lack of use due to the item no longer being novel) might have occurred with this enrichment device. Duration of use of the large Kong increased over time (p and it was the device calves spent the most time with during week 6. During week 2, as seen earlier, the Braden bottle was used most. The use of all other enrichment devices was the same for weeks 2 and 6.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.