Does nutritive and non-nutritive sucking reduce other oral behaviors and stimulate rest in calves?

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 80, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 2574-2587

  Veissier, I ^a   De Passille A M ^b   Despres G ^a   Rushen, J ^b   Charpentier, I ^a   Ramirez De La Fe, A R ^a,c   Pradel, P ^a  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

^b SHERBROOKE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTRE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Behavior; Calves; Heart Rate; Stress; Sucking

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL HOUSING; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; BOTTLE FEEDING; CATTLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EATING; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HEART RATE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SUCKING; SUCKLING; WEIGHT GAIN;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, SUCKLING; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BOTTLE FEEDING; CATTLE; EATING; HEART RATE; HOUSING, ANIMAL; MALE; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SUCKING BEHAVIOR; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 0036780563     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ansci/80.10.2574     Document Type: Article

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