Growth, behaviour, adrenal and immune responses of finishing beef heifers housed on slatted floors at 1.5, 2.0, 2.5 or 3.0 m2 space allowance

Livestock Production Science

Volumn 51, Issue 1-3, 1997, Pages 245-254

  Fisher, A D ^a,b   Crowe, M A ^a   O'Kiely, P ^d   Enright, W J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b RUAKURA RESEARCH CENTRE   (New Zealand)

^c INTERVET INTERNATIONAL BV   (Netherlands)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Beef cattle; Behaviour; Housing; Immune response; Space allowance

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS;

EID: 0000897828     PISSN: 03016226     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-6226(97)00052-3     Document Type: Article

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