Research Article
Activity Budgets and Forage Selection of Podolian Cattle, a Semiwild Bovine Breed
Table 5
Activity budget expressed by Podolian cows in two seasons (means ± SE).
| | Summer | Autumn | |
| | Distance travelled, km | 1.24 ± 0.23 | 0.89 ± 0.23 | .305 | | Standing1 | 95.84 ± 1.66 | 96.07 ± 1.66 | .924 | | Grazing1 | 52.45 ± 7.04 | 60.57 ± 7.04 | .429 | | Walking1 | 12.86 ± 3.03 | 12.56 ± 3.03 | .945 | | Inactivity1 | 9.16 ± 2.91 | 7.07 ± 2.91 | .620 | | Alertness1 | 0.76 ± 0.38 | 0.14 ± 0.38 | .268 | | Ruminating lying | 5.25 ± 2.86 | 6.63 ± 2.86 | .739 | | Ruminating standing | 15.16 ± 3.90 | 5.20 ± 3.90 | .092 | | Maternal care | 2.65 ± 1.32 | 1.19 ± 1.32 | .464 | | Other1 | 0.35 ± 0.29 | 0.61 ± 0.29 | .541 |
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1Data expressed as percentage of time.
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