Force measurements in welfare evaluation of cattle housing design

Applied Engineering in Agriculture

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 227-233

  Hansen, Kaj ^b   Strom, Jan S ^a   Levring, Morten ^a  

^a DANISH INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Denmark)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Cow housing; Eating place; Feed barrier; Force; Manger rear curb; Welfare

Indexed keywords

FLOORS; FORCE MEASUREMENT; HOUSING; TRANSDUCERS;

CATTLE HOUSING DESIGN;

AGRICULTURE;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS;

EID: 0038040204     PISSN: 08838542     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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