Fence line pacing in farmed red deer hinds at calving

Animal Welfare

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 283-291

  Pollard, J C ^a   Grant, A ^a   Littlejohn, R P ^a  

^a INVERMAY AGRICULTURAL CENTRE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Animal welfare; Farming; Fence line pacing; Parturition; Red deer

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000007617     PISSN: 09627286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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