Buller steer syndrome review

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 54, Issue 2-3, 1997, Pages 97-108

  Blackshaw, Judith K ^a   Blackshaw, Alan W ^a   McGlone, John J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Buller steer; Cattle; Sexual behavior; Social behavior

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS;

EID: 0030783633     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-1591(96)01170-7     Document Type: Review

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