Temporal pattern of feeding behaviour of dairy cows kept in groups;Die zeitstruktur des futteraufnahmeverhaltens von milchkühen unter laufstallbedingungen

Archiv fur Tierzucht

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 195-214

  Stamer, Eckhard ^a   Junge, Wolfgang ^a   Kalm, Ernst ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Behaviour; Dairy cow; Feed intake; Meal criterion

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031498654     PISSN: 00039438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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