The locomotion of dairy cows in passageways with different light intensities

Animal Welfare

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 421-431

  Phillips, C J C ^a,b   Morris, I D ^b   Lomas, C A ^b   Lockwood, S J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Animal welfare; Dairy cow; Light intensity; Locomotion

Indexed keywords

EID: 0345982620     PISSN: 09627286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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