Competition for teats and feeding behavior by group-housed dairy calves

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 87, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 4190-4194

  Von Keyserlingk, M A G ^a   Brusius, L ^a   Weary, D M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Calf; Competition; Feeding behavior; Teat feeding

Indexed keywords

EID: 10044273930     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.S0022-0302(04)73563-8     Document Type: Article

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