Resting and social behaviour of dairy heifers housed in slatted floor pens with different sized bedded lying areas

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 307-316

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

^a DANISH INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Agonistic behaviour; Anomalous behaviour; Bedded lying area; Cattle; Resting behaviour; Social behaviour; Space allowance

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031465865     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-1591(96)01211-7     Document Type: Article

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