Method to assess the learning ability of group-housed calves and results of visual discrimination tasks;Methode zur untersuchung der lernfähigkeit von kälbern in gruppenhaltung und ergebnisse bei visuellen differenzierungsaufgaben

Archiv fur Tierzucht

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 241-254

  Franz, Hartmut ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR FARM ANIMAL BIOLOGY FBN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Calf; Cattle; Device; Group housing; Learning; Visual discrimination

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033441954     PISSN: 00039438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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