A comparison of space requirements of horned and hornless goats at the feed barrier and in the lying area

By C. Loretz, Beat Wechsler, R. Hauser, P. Rüsch. 2004

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Resting pattern and social interactions in goats—The impact of size and organisation of lying space (2007, background): “This can be due to the larger amount of agonistic interactions in the present study that both had a smaller group size and 0.5 m2 less floor space per goat than what Loretz et al. (2004) used in their study.”
The importance of social behaviour for goat welfare in livestock farming (2010, background): “Loretz et al. (2004) detected a significant reduction in the 5 amount of time that individuals spent feeding when per capita space was reduced from 2 6 to 1 m2/head.”
Factors of welfare reduction in dairy sheep and goats (2009, background): “Loretz et al. (2004) found a relevant reduction of feeding activity (-5”