The detection and avoidance of lead-contaminated herbage by dairy cows

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 85, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 3045-3053

  Strojan, S T ^a,b   Phillips, C J C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dairy cows; Grazing; Lead; Pasture

Indexed keywords

BOS TAURUS;

LEAD;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; DIGESTION; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LEAD POISONING; MALE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; RUMINANT STOMACH; SHEEP; TIME;

ANIMALS; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; DIGESTION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; LEAD; LEAD POISONING; MALE; RUMEN; SHEEP; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0036833827     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.S0022-0302(02)74390-7     Document Type: Article

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