The relationship between attitudes, personal characteristics and behaviour of stockpeople and subsequent behaviour and production of dairy cows

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 195-219

  Waiblinger, S ^a   Menke, C ^a   Coleman, G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Attitude; Behaviour; Cows; Human animal relationship; Production; Stockperson

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMAL WELFARE;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS;

EID: 0036838064     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-1591(02)00155-7     Document Type: Article

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