Table G.1.
Animal‐related factors associated with self‐grooming, brush use, and allo‐grooming reported for dairy cows in different housing systems
| Animal‐related factors | System | Variable | Effect | Analysis(a) | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Animal related factors affecting self‐grooming | |||||
| E. coli infection (day of infection vs. before and after infection) | Tie‐stall | Self‐licking, scratching with claws, rubbing on objects (events/h) | ↓ | UA | Fogsgaard et al. (2012) |
| Lameness (lame vs. non‐lame) | Cubicle | Self‐licking and rubbing on objects (min/96 min) | ↑ | UA | Almeida et al. (2008) |
| Mastitis (SCC > 200,000 vs. SCC < 100,000) | Cubicle | Self‐licking, scratching and rubbing on objects (s/h), over 24 h | ns | UA | Caplen and Held (2021) |
| Self‐licking, scratching and rubbing on objects (s/h), over 60 min. following morning milking | (↑) | UA | |||
| Animal‐related factors affecting brush use | |||||
| Lameness (moderately lame vs. non‐lame) | Cubicle | Brush use (number/d) | ↓ | MA | Weigele et al. (2018) |
| Lameness (lame and severely lame vs. non‐lame and mild lame) with brush located away from feed bunk (16 m) | Open‐bedded | Brush use (s/d) | ↓ | MA | Mandel et al. (2018) |
| Brush use (% cows /d) | ↓ | MA | |||
| Lameness (lame and severely lame vs. non‐lame and mild lame) with brush located near the feed bunk (3 m) | Open‐bedded | Brush use (s/d) | ns | MA | |
| Brush use (% cows /d) | ns | MA | |||
| Mastitis (SCC > 200,000 vs. SCC < 100,000) | Cubicle | Brush use (s/h) | ns | UA | Caplen and Held (2021) |
| Metritis (cows with metritis vs. control group) | Open‐bedded | Brush use (s/d) | ↓ | MA | Mandel et al. (2017) |
| Brush use (% cows/d) | ↓ | MA | |||
| Metritis (cows with metritis vs. control group) with brush located away from feed bunk (16 m) | Open‐bedded | Brush use (s/d) | ↓ | MA | Mandel et al. (2017) |
| Brush use (% cows/d) | ↓ | MA | |||
| Metritis (cows with metritis vs. control group) with brush located near the feed bunk (3 m) | Open‐bedded | Brush use (s/d) | ns | MA |
Mandel et al. (2017) |
| Brush use (% cows/d) | ns | MA | |||
| Animal‐related factors affecting allo‐grooming | |||||
| Lameness (lame vs. non‐lame) | Cubicle | Received social licking (number/h) | ↑ | UA | Galindo and Broom (2002) |
| Initiated social licking (number/h) | ns | UA | |||
| Social licking and rubbing (number/h) | ns | UA | |||
| Lameness (lame vs. non‐lame) | Cubicle | Social licking and rubbing (min/96 min) | ns | UA | Almeida et al. (2008) |
| Mastitis (SCC > 200,000 vs. SCC < 100,000) | Cubicle | Given social licking (s/h) | ↓ | UA | Caplen and Held (2021) |
| Received social licking (s/h), over 24 h | ns | UA | |||
| Received social licking (s/h), during 60 min. following morning milking | ↓ | UA | |||
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UA = univariable, MA = multivariable.