Stress responses during milking; comparing conventional and automatic milking in primiparous dairy cows

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 85, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 3206-3216

  Hopster, H ^a   Bruckmaier, R M ^b   Van Der Werf, J T N ^a   Korte, S M ^a   Macuhova, J ^b   Korte Bouws, G ^a   Van Reenen, C G ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Automatic milking; Behavior; Hormone; Stress

Indexed keywords

BOS TAURUS;

ADRENALIN; HYDROCORTISONE; NORADRENALIN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DAIRYING; FECES; FEMALE; HEART RATE; INSTRUMENTATION; LACTATION; METHODOLOGY; PARITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; STIMULATION; STRESS; UDDER;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; DAIRYING; EPINEPHRINE; FECES; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HYDROCORTISONE; LACTATION; MAMMARY GLANDS, ANIMAL; NOREPINEPHRINE; PARITY; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; PREGNANCY; STRESS;

EID: 0036988808     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.S0022-0302(02)74409-3     Document Type: Article

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