Effects of restraint and branding on rates and acoustic parameters of vocalization in beef cattle

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 62, Issue 2-3, 1999, Pages 125-135

  Watts, Jon M ^a   Stookey, Joseph M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Branding; Cattle; Pain; Vocalization; Welfare

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033557306     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-1591(98)00222-6     Document Type: Article

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