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Abnormal Behaviour In Cattle. The cow with this abnormal behaviour will mount other cows but will refuse to be mounted. Polled cows will use their head as a battering ram. Common estrous behaviors include reduced food intake increased movement flehmen standing behind another cow and resting the chin on its back and increased licking and sniffing. Fearful animals stick together making handling more difficult.
Heat detection is an important practice especially in dairy cattle in which artificial insemination is common. Limitations of visual monitoring of cattle behavior include training of personnel subjectivity and brevity. Polled cows will use their head as a battering ram. Furthermore the knowledge of animal behaviour can help to reduce the frequency and intensity of abnormal and undesirable behaviours caused by management. Cows on heat will also show this behaviour but will stand to be mounted. Common estrous behaviors include reduced food intake increased movement flehmen standing behind another cow and resting the chin on its back and increased licking and sniffing.
Groups typical abnormal behaviour see Fig.
Two cows can fight for a long period with resting periods in between. Dairy calves should be licked by their mothers but the duration must be controlled so that calves are able to suck Lidfors 1994. Normally only bulls mount cows for reproductive purposes. Two cows can fight for a long period with resting periods in between. Cattle become agitated during handling they are motivated by fear. More recently cattle behavior has been quantified objectively and.