Repeatability of some animal-related variables in dairy cows and buffaloes

Animal Welfare

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 625-629

  De Rosa, G ^a   Tripaldi, C ^b   Napolitano, F ^c   Saltalamacchia, F ^b   Grasso, F ^a   Bisegna, V ^b   Bordi, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b Istituto Sperimentale per la Zootecnia   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BASILICATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Animal welfare; Buffalo; Cattle; Performance criteria; Repeatability; Welfare monitoring

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL ERROR; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL CARE; ANIMAL HEALTH; ANIMAL HOUSING; ANIMAL LAMENESS; ANIMAL WELFARE; ARTICLE; BUFFALO; CATTLE FARMING; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DAIRY CATTLE; MILK PRODUCTION; NONHUMAN; RELIABILITY;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; BUBALUS;

EID: 0242575188     PISSN: 09627286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0962728600026282     Document Type: Article

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