Maintenance and milking behaviours of Murrah buffaloes during two feeding regimes

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 91, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 261-276

  Thomas, Chirathalattu S ^a   Nordstrom, Josephina ^a   Svennersten Sjaunja, Kerstin ^a   Wiktorsson, Hans ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Maintenance behaviour; Milking; Milking characteristics; Murrah buffalo

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; BEHAVIOR; DAIRY FARMING;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; BUBALUS;

EID: 18844461484     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applanim.2004.11.002     Document Type: Article

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