Play behaviour in dairy calves kept in pens: The effect of social contact and space allowance

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 56, Issue 2-4, 1998, Pages 97-108

  Jensen, Margit Bak ^a   Vestergaard, Klaus S ^b   Krohn, Christian C ^a  

^a DANISH INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Cattle social behaviour; Housing; Play behaviour; Space allowance; Welfare

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031971382     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-1591(97)00106-8     Document Type: Article

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