Resting behaviour, growth and diarrhoea incidence rate of young dairy calves housed individually or in groups in warm or cold buildings

Acta Agriculturae Scandinavica - Section A: Animal Science

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 21-28

  Hanninen L ^a   Hepola, H ^b   Rushen, J ^c   De Passille A M ^c   Pursiainen, P ^b   Tuure, V M ^b   Syrjala Qvist L ^b   Pyykkonen M ^d   Saloniemi, H ^a  

^a Dept of Clinical Veterinary Science ^*  (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c SHERBROOKE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTRE   (Canada)

^d Sosiaali ja terveysministerio   (Finland)

Author keywords

Calf; Environmental temperature; Group housing; Individual housing; REM sleep; Resting behaviour

Indexed keywords

VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0038054563     PISSN: 09064702     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09064700310002008     Document Type: Article

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