Previous handling and gentle interactions affect behaviour and heart rate of dairy cows during a veterinary procedure

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 85, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 31-42

  Waiblinger, S ^a   Menke, C ^a   Korff, J ^a   Bucher, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

Author keywords

Cattle; Handling; Heart rate; Human animal relationship; Stress; Welfare

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL WELFARE; CATTLE; HANDLING STRESS;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS;

EID: 0346401630     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applanim.2003.07.002     Document Type: Article

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