The assessment of housing conditions of dairy cows in littered loose housing systems using three scoring methods

Acta Agriculturae Scandinavica A: Animal Sciences

Volumn 51, Issue , 2001, Pages 42-47

  Hörning, Bernhard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KASSEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Animal Welfare; Cattle; Index Systems; On FARM Assessment; Straw BASED Housing Systems; Technical Indicators

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035655794     PISSN: 09064702     EISSN: 16511972     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/090647001316923045     Document Type: Article

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