Relationship between nursing and suckling behaviour in Tokara native goats

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 357-362

  Bungo, Takashi ^a   Shimojo, Masataka ^a   Nakano, Yutaka ^a   Okano, Kaoru ^a   Masuda, Yasuhisa ^a   Goto, Ichiro ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Goat; Nursing behaviour; Rejection of nursing; Suckling behaviour; Weaning

Indexed keywords

FEEDING BEHAVIOR; PARENT-OFFSPRING INTERACTION; UNGULATE;

CAPRA HIRCUS;

EID: 0031714450     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-1591(98)00144-0     Document Type: Article

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