C. Schmied

TL;DR: Differences in the linear and nonlinear domains during lying indicated an increased level of chronic stress in cows in the automatic milking system with partially forced cow traffic, compared to cows milked in the herringbone milking parlour.

TL;DR: For instance, the authors found that cows' reactions to human stroking differ depending on the body regions being stroked, such as the withers, W, neck ventral, NV and lateral chest.

TL;DR: Stroking, particularly the neck, reduced avoidance of and increased approach reactions to humans in both the home tie-stall and the arena and suggests that this procedure should be adopted to improve routine handling of dairy cattle.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors evaluated inter-observer reliability and between-experimenter repeatability of three previously used and two new tests feasible for on-farm assessment of animals' relationship to humans in loose-housed dairy cows.

TL;DR: Previous stroking led to fewer stress reactions during the rectal palpation, possibly due to a combined effect of improved relationship towards and thus perception of humans and lasting anti-stress effects of tactile stimulation.