Effects of handling aids on calf behavior

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 1-13

  Croney, Candace C ^a   Wilson, Lowell L ^a   Curtis, Stanley E ^a   Cash, Erskine H ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavior; Cattle; Electric prod; Handling aids

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034047224     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-1591(00)00121-0     Document Type: Article

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