Association between resting behaviour and live weight gain in dairy heifers housed in pens with different space allowance and floor type

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 55, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 11-19

  Mogensen, Lisbeth ^a   Krohn, Christian C ^a   Sørensen, Jan Tind ^a   Hindhede, Jens ^a   Nielsen, Lone Harder ^a  

^a DANISH INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Cattle; Floor; Growth; Housing; Resting behaviour; Space allowance

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031417302     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-1591(97)00041-5     Document Type: Article

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