Adaptation to tethering in yearling dairy heifers assessed by the use of lying down behaviour

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 62, Issue 2-3, 1999, Pages 115-123

  Jensen, Margit Bak ^a  

^a DANISH INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Cattle housing; Lying behaviour; Resting behaviour; Tethering

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033557133     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-1591(98)00227-5     Document Type: Article

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