The number of farm mates influences social and maintenance behaviours of Japanese Black cows in a communal pasture

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 181-192

  Takeda, Ken ichi ^a   Sato, Shusuke ^a   Sugawara, Kazuo ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Allogrooming; Cattle; Grazing behaviour; Optimal group size; Social bond

Indexed keywords

AFFILIATIVE BEHAVIOR; CATTLE; GROOMING; GROUP SIZE; PASTURE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0034599708     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-1591(99)00124-0     Document Type: Article

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