Preliminary study on the effect of size of individual stall on the behavioural and immune reactions of dairy calves

Journal of Animal and Feed Sciences

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 29-36

  Ferrante, Valentina ^a   Canali, E ^a   Mattiello, S ^a   Verga, M ^a   Sacerdote, P ^b   Manfredi, B ^b   Panerai, A E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b Department of Pharmacology ^*  (Italy)

Author keywords

Behaviour; Dairy calves; Immune reaction; Stalls

Indexed keywords

EID: 0039514105     PISSN: 12301388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.22358/jafs/69192/1998     Document Type: Article

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