Play behaviour in group-housed dairy calves, the effect of space allowance

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 67, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 35-46

  Jensen, Margit Bak ^a   Kyhn, Rikke ^b  

^a DANISH INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Cattle; Open field test; Play behaviour; Space allowance; Welfare

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034701199     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-1591(99)00113-6     Document Type: Article

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