Milking the golden cow - Her comfort

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 219, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 1382-1387

  Berry, Steven L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL HOUSING; ANIMAL LAMENESS; ANIMAL WELFARE; ATTITUDE; BREEDING; CATTLE; DAIRYING; FEMALE; INJURY; LABOR; LACTATION; LOCOMOTION; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW; STANDARD; TAIL;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL WELFARE; ATTITUDE; BREEDING; CATTLE; DAIRYING; FEMALE; HOUSING, ANIMAL; LABOR, OBSTETRIC; LACTATION; LAMENESS, ANIMAL; LOCOMOTION; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTION; TAIL;

EID: 0035891633     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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