Methodological aspects for the assessment of social behaviour and avoidance distance on dairy farms

Animal Welfare

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 579-584

  Mülleder, Cornelia ^a   Troxler, J ^a   Waiblinger, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

Author keywords

Animal welfare; Avoidance distance; Cattle; Lameness; On farm assessment; Social behaviour

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL FOOD; ANIMAL LAMENESS; ANIMAL WELFARE; ARTICLE; AUSTRIA; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CATTLE FARMING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DAIRYING; METHODOLOGY; NONHUMAN; RELIABILITY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL INTERACTION; STANDING;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS;

EID: 0242440045     PISSN: 09627286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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