A note on the effect of isolation during testing and length of previous confinement on locomotor behaviour during open-field test in dairy calves

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 309-315

  Jensen, Margit Bak ^a  

^a DANISH INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Cattle; Confinement; Housing; Locomotion; Open field test; Play behaviour; Welfare

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035113798     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-1591(00)00162-3     Document Type: Article

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