Abstract
Observations were made of the positions of seven dairy cows within a familiar square arena over ten consecutive days using overhead time-sample photography. A linear aggressive order was also determined at pasture and during supplementary feeding. While the data support an inverse relationship between social status and spatial proximity, animals lower in the aggressive order did not show any marked avoidance of more dominant cows. In contrast to some theories one paired association occurred between cows adjacent on the order, where aggressive behaviour might be expected. Whereas the highest ranked cow snowed little movement between observations, there was a high correlation between social rank and movement in the other animals.
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