Dairy Calves' Discrimination of People Based on Previous Handling

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 74, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 969-974

  De Passillé, Anne Marie ^a,d   Rushen, Jeffrey ^a   Ladewig, Jan ^b,e   Petherick, Carol ^c  

^a SHERBROOKE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTRE   (Canada)

^b Inst Anim Husb and Anim Behav   (Germany)

^c DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES   (Australia)

^d Roy Vet and Agricultural Univ ^*  (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Aversion; Calves; Fear; Handling; Human animal relationships; Learning

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMAL WELFARE; ARTICLE; CATTLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MOTIVATION; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STANDARD;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMAL WELFARE; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CATTLE; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; HANDLING (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE;

EID: 0030148682     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/1996.745969x     Document Type: Article

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