Space allowance and barriers influence cow competition for mixed rations fed on a feed-pad between bouts of grazing

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Funding Acknowledgements

The authors are grateful to J. S. Greenwood, M. M. Wright, G. Morris, L. Dorling, T. Hookey, A. McDonald, S. Ziero, G. Phillips, and M. Norman (all from DEPI-Ellinbank, VIC, Australia), and DEPI-Ellinbank farm staff for cow feeding and husbandry. The assistance from S. Borg and B. Schirmer (both from DEPI-Werribee), and M. Conley (University of Melbourne) in setting up video recording equipment is gratefully acknowledged. This study was co-funded by DEPI, University of Melbourne, and Dairy Australia (Melbourne, VIC, Australia).