Activity bout criteria for grazing dairy cows

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 54, Issue 2-3, 1997, Pages 89-96

  Rook, A J ^a   Huckle, C A ^a  

^a ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bout criteria; Cattle feeding and nutrition; Grazing behaviour

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY PATTERN; DAIRY COW; GRAZING;

BOS TAURUS;

EID: 0030732373     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-1591(97)00065-8     Document Type: Article

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