Failure to Use Cubicles and Concentrate Dispenser by Heifers after Transfer from Rearing Accommodation to Milking Herd

Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 171-180

  Kjaestad H P ^a   Myren, H J ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

Concentrate feed dispenser; Cubicle housing; Cubicle refusal; Dairy heifers; Rearing accommodation

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL FOOD; ANIMAL HOUSING; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; CATTLE; DAIRYING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STATISTICAL MODEL; TIME;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; AUTOMATION; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CATTLE; DAIRYING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HOUSING, ANIMAL; LOGISTIC MODELS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0035229422     PISSN: 0044605X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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