Behavioural response to humans and the productivity of commercial dairy cows

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 273-288

  Breuer, K ^a,d   Hemsworth, P H ^a,b   Barnett, J L ^a   Matthews, L R ^c   Coleman, G J ^d  

^a VIC INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL SCIENCE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c RUAKURA RESEARCH CENTRE   (New Zealand)

^d MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Attitude; Behaviour; Cows; Fear; Human animal interaction; Productivity; Stock person; Stress

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034049249     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-1591(99)00097-0     Document Type: Article

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