Nonnutritive oral activities and stress responses of veal calves in relation to feeding and housing conditions

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 57, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 35-49

  Veissier, I ^a   Ramirez De La Fe, A R ^b   Pradel, P ^a  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cattle welfare; Feeding and nutrition; Housing; Oral behaviour; Stress

Indexed keywords

EID: 0344863084     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-1591(97)00108-1     Document Type: Article

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