The response of beef cattle to noise during handling

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 27-42

  Waynert, D F ^a   Stookey, J M ^a   Schwartzkopf Genswein, K S ^a   Watts, J M ^a   Waltz, C S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Beef; Cattle; Fear; Handling; Noise

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033557493     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-1591(98)00211-1     Document Type: Article

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