Using time-lapse video photography to assess dairy cattle lying behavior in a free-stall barn

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 85, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 2407-2413

  Overton, M W ^a   Sischo, W M ^a   Temple, G D ^a   Moore, D A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cattle behavior; Cow comfort; Lying behavior; Time lapse video

Indexed keywords

BOS TAURUS;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; CATTLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FEMALE; LACTATION; PHYSIOLOGY; TEMPERATURE; VIDEORECORDING;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CATTLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FEMALE; LACTATION; POSTURE; TEMPERATURE; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 0036728529     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.S0022-0302(02)74323-3     Document Type: Article

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