Effects of Resistance to Milk Flow and the Provision of Hay on Nonnutritive Sucking by Dairy Calves

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 81, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 2165-2172

  Haley, D B ^a,b   Rushen, J ^a   Duncan, I J H ^b   Widowski, T M ^b   De Passille A M ^a  

^a SHERBROOKE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTRE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Behavior; Calves; Cross sucking; Nonnutritive sucking

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; CATTLE; FEMALE; LACTATION; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; SUCKING; TIME;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMAL NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; ANIMALS; CATTLE; FEMALE; LACTATION; MALE; SUCKING BEHAVIOR; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0032133574     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.S0022-0302(98)75794-7     Document Type: Article

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