Effect of single versus group housing and space allowance on responses of calves during open-field tests

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 54, Issue 2-3, 1997, Pages 109-121

  Jensen, Margit Bak ^a   Vestergaard, Klaus S ^b   Krohn, Christian C ^a   Munksgaard, Lene ^a  

^a DANISH INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Exploratory behaviour; Fearful behaviour; Open field test; Welfare

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030733170     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-1591(96)01183-5     Document Type: Article

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