Table 1

Different behaviours that were observed during the interactions with the animals
*Behaviour*	Explanation

1. Physical contact with the animals	Patting, brushing, washing, looking after=?, nursing, or saddling or riding horses.
2. Communication	Verbalization, visual contact.
3. Moving the animals	Behaviours that include moving animals between different places in the cowshed, and between different pastures.
4. Feeding	Feeding adult animals with concentrate or forage, or milk feeding the small animals.
5. Go/stand/run or sit down	The participants moved around in the cowshed to bring tools and straw to clean the boxes, or remained inactive.
6. Cleaning	Cleaning the cowshed or washing buckets and bottles.
7. Milking	All routines connected to the milking procedure.
8. Receiving instructions	Receiving instructions from the farmer.
9. Various	Behaviours that occur rarely, like filming the animals or taking pictures of the animals.
10. Threatening behaviour directed from the animals.	Receiving threatening or aggressive behaviour or signals from the animals.

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