Demonstration and verification of a milking order in dairy sheep and its extent and consistency

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 111-124

  Wasilewski, Anja ^a  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Sheep milking; Social organisation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033153311     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-1591(99)00032-5     Document Type: Article

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