Therefore resting and ruminating are combined. A time budget was constructed consisting of 18 behaviours. There were significant differences between the herds in the proportion of time that the animals allocated to grazing, lying resting/ruminating, standing resting/ruminating and walking. The main conclusion is that beef cattle at pasture spend approximately 95% of their time engaged in the major behaviours of grazing, resting/ruminating while either lying or standing and walking. An analysis of the diurnal rhythm of grazing indicated periods of increased grazing early in the morning and late in the afternoon in five of the herds, and in one of these, there was also a period of increased grazing in the middle of the day. In the sixth herd, there was no apparent diurnal rhythm in grazing behaviour.
Therefore resting and ruminating are combined. A time budget was constructed consisting of 18 behaviours. There were significant differences between the herds in the proportion of time that the animals allocated to grazing, lying resting/ruminating, standing resting/ruminating and walking. The main conclusion is that beef cattle at pasture spend approximately 95% of their time engaged in the major behaviours of grazing, resting/ruminating while either lying or standing and walking. An analysis of the diurnal rhythm of grazing indicated periods of increased grazing early in the morning and late in the afternoon in five of the herds, and in one of these, there was also a period of increased grazing in the middle of the day. In the sixth herd, there was no apparent diurnal rhythm in grazing behaviour.
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