The social environment influences the behavioural responses of beef cattle to handling

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 1-11

  Grignard, L ^a   Boissy, A ^a   Boivin, X ^a   Garel, J P ^b   Le Neindre, P ^a  

^a Ins Natl de la Rech Agronom   (France)

^b CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

Cattle handling; Docility; Gregariousness; Human animal relationships; Social influence

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034608058     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-1591(00)00085-X     Document Type: Article

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