The effects of social exchange between two groups of lactating primiparous heifers on milk production, dominance order, behavior and adrenocortical response

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 51, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 15-27

  Hasegawa, Nobumi ^a   Nishiwaki, Aya ^b   Sugawara, Kazuo ^b   Iwao, Ito ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIYAZAKI   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cattle; Dominance; Estrous behavior; Performance; Social behavior

Indexed keywords

CATTLE; DOMINANCE; HEIFER; MILK PRODUCTION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOUR;

BOS TAURUS;

EID: 0030618662     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-1591(96)01082-9     Document Type: Article

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