Table 6.
A descriptive summary of each relevant study (n = 8) that was included in the qualitative synthesis (could not be included in the MA) for daily and total milk yield.
| Reference | Country | Study population (breed/ sample size) | Temperament indicator |
Outcome parameter |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Breuer et al. (2000) | Australia | Holstein Friesian/ 100-200 | Reactivity in scores in the milking parlor, steps, and other |
Total milk yield |
| Rousing et al. (2004) | Denmark | Holstein Friesian/ 1.196 | Steps, kicks, and other | Daily milk yield/ |
| Bertenshaw et al. (2008) | United Kingdom | Holstein Friesian/ 148 | Steps and kicks | Daily milk yield |
| Szentléleki et al. (2008) | Hungary | Holstein Friesian/ 17 | Reactivity in scores in the milking parlour | Daily milk yield |
| Dodzi and Muchenje (2011) | South Africa | Holstein Friesian/ 7, Jersey/ 7, and crossbred/ 7 | Steps, kicks, FD, and FS1 | Total milk yield |
| Sutherland and Dowling (2014) | New Zealand | Holstein Friesian/ 150 | FSK, FD1 | Total milk yield |
| Hedlund and L¢vlie (2015) | Sweden | Holstein Friesian/ 29, and Swedish Red and White cattle/ 27 | Steps, kicks, and NOT | Daily milk yield |
| Cerqueira et al. (2017) | Portugal | Holstein Friesian/ 2.903 | Steps, and kicks | Total milk yield |
1FD: Flight distance; FS: Flight speed; FSK: Score based on the performance of flinching, stepping, or kicking during milking; NOT: Novel object test.