Effects of confinement on rebounds of locomotor behaviour of calves and heifers, and the spatial preferences of calves

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 43-56

  Jensen, Margit Bak ^a  

^a DANISH INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Cattle; Locomonon; Open field test; Play behaviour; Preference test; Spatial preferences

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033558224     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-1591(98)00208-1     Document Type: Article

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