Indicators of acute pain and fly avoidance behaviors in holstein calves following tail-docking

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 85, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 2850-2858

  Eicher, S D ^a   Dailey, J W ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavior; Flies; Pain

Indexed keywords

RUMEX;

ACUTE PHASE PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; DAIRYING; FEMALE; FLY; HEAT INJURY; IMMUNOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; NEWBORN; PAIN; RANDOMIZATION; TAIL; TIME;

ACUTE-PHASE PROTEINS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; DAIRYING; DIPTERA; FEMALE; HEAT STRESS DISORDERS; PAIN; RANDOM ALLOCATION; TAIL; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0036833682     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.S0022-0302(02)74372-5     Document Type: Article

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