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Loose Housing

Loose Housing is a livestock housing system in which animals are allowed unrestricted movement within a designated area, distinguished from confined housing systems by providing freedom of access to feed, water, and resting spaces without individual restraints.

89

Publications

3.4K

Citations

277

Authors

83

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

21

Variants

Loose Housing System

Parents

Publications

89

Effect of rearing factors on the prevalence of floor eggs, cloacal cannibalism and feather pecking in commercial flocks of loose housed laying hens

Stefan Gunnarsson · British Poultry Science · 1999 · 213 citations

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Behaviour of dairy cows kept in extensive (loose housing/pasture) or intensive (tie stall) environments II. Lying and lying-down behaviour

Christian Krohn, Lene Munksgaard · Applied Animal Behaviour Science · 1993 · 201 citations

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Qualitative assessment of social behaviour of dairy cows housed in loose housing systems

Tine Rousing, Françoise Wemelsfelder · Applied Animal Behaviour Science · 2006 · 130 citations

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Compost Dairy Barn Layout and Management Recommendations

K. A. Janni, M.I. Endres, Jeffrey K. Reneau et al. · Applied Engineering in Agriculture · 2007 · 113 citations

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Effects of environmental enrichment and loose housing of lactating sows on piglet behaviour before and after weaning

Marije Oostindjer, H. van den Brand, B. Kemp et al. · Applied Animal Behaviour Science · 2011 · 111 citations

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Authors

277

  1. CS
    Christian Schnier

    Moredun Research Institute, United Kingdom

    3 publications · 41 citations

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  2. FM
    Frederico Márcio Corrêa Vieira

    Universidade Tecnológica Federal do Paraná, Brazil

    3 publications · 46 citations

    3

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  3. SP
    Stefan Pinzke

    Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Sweden

    3 publications · 109 citations

    3

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  4. JB
    J.E. Bolhuis

    Wageningen University & Research, Netherlands

    3 publications · 228 citations

    3

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  5. CK
    Christian Krohn

    Danish Cattle Research Centre, Denmark

    3 publications · 412 citations

    3

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Institutions

83

  1. Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences

    Uppsala, Sweden

    7 h-index

    14 publications

    930 citations

  2. Wageningen University & Research

    Wageningen, The Netherlands

    6 h-index

    20 publications

    1.2K citations

  3. University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Foundation

    Hanover, Germany

    4 h-index

    10 publications

    271 citations

  4. Danish Cattle Research Centre

    Tjele, Denmark

    4 h-index

    7 publications

    866 citations

  5. University of Helsinki

    Helsinki, Finland

    3 h-index

    7 publications

    95 citations

  6. University of Copenhagen

    Copenhagen, Denmark

    2 h-index

    6 publications

    258 citations

  7. University of Minnesota

    Minneapolis, United States

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    262 citations

  8. Norwegian University of Life Sciences

    Ås, Norway

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    79 citations

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Venues

  1. Applied Animal Behaviour Science

    10 publications · 805 citations

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  2. animal

    5 publications · 178 citations

    5

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  3. Journal of Dairy Science

    JDS · 5 publications · 85 citations

    5

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  4. Frontiers in Veterinary Science

    3 publications · 117 citations

    3

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  5. Animal Welfare

    3 publications · 78 citations

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