Dairy cows value an open area for lying down

• Laura Shewbridge Carter ,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: lshewbridgecarter@gmail.com

  Affiliations Department of Veterinary Health and Animal Sciences, Harper Adams University, Edgmond, Newport, Shropshire, United Kingdom, Animal and Veterinary Sciences, Scotland’s Rural College, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0773-3074

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• Marie J. Haskell,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Animal and Veterinary Sciences, Scotland’s Rural College, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

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• David Ball,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board, Stoneleigh, Kenilworth, United Kingdom

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• Jenny Gibbons,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology

  Affiliation Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board, Stoneleigh, Kenilworth, United Kingdom

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• W. Edwin Harris,

  Roles Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Agriculture and Environment, Harper Adams University, Edgmond, Newport, Shropshire, United Kingdom

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• S. Mark Rutter

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Veterinary Health and Animal Sciences, Harper Adams University, Edgmond, Newport, Shropshire, United Kingdom

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