Dairy cows use of colour cues to discriminate between people

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 1-11

  Munksgaard, L ^a   De Passille A M ^b   Rushen, J ^b   Ladewig, J ^c  

^a DANISH INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Denmark)

^b SHERBROOKE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTRE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Cattle handling; Colour cues; Human animal relationships

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032885686     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-1591(99)00055-6     Document Type: Article

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