Effect of music on voluntary approach of dairy cows to an automatic milking system

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 175-182

  Uetake, K ^a,b   Hurnik, J F ^a   Johnson, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTER FOR HOKKAIDO REGION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Automatic milking system; Cattle behaviour; Cattle milking; Music

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030982364     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-1591(96)01159-8     Document Type: Article

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