Relative motivations of dairy cows to be milked or fed in a Y-maze and an automatic milking system

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 57, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 23-33

  Prescott, N B ^a   Mottram, T T ^a   Webster, A J F ^b  

^a SILSOE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cattle milking; Choice tests; Milking systems

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031954205     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-1591(97)00112-3     Document Type: Article

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