Evaluation of a simple method for assessment of rising behaviour in tethered dairy cows

Animal Science

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 191-197

  Chaplin, S ^a   Munksgaard, L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b DANISH INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Animal welfare; Dairy cows; Rising behaviour

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035255795     PISSN: 13577298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1357729800055685     Document Type: Article

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