Preferences of sheep for different types of pen flooring

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 90, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 265-276

  Færevik, Gry ^a   Andersen, Inger Lise ^a   Bøe, Knut Egil ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

Lying area; Pen flooring; Preference; Sheep

Indexed keywords

SHEEP;

ANIMALIA; OVIS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 13844257665     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applanim.2004.08.010     Document Type: Article

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