The design and construction of facilities for handling cattle

Livestock Production Science

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 103-119

  Grandin, Temple ^a  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Cattle; Drafting; Handling; Race; Restraint; Sorting

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS;

EID: 0013382976     PISSN: 03016226     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-6226(97)00008-0     Document Type: Article

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