Consistency of animal order in spontaneous group movements allows the measurement of leadership in a group of grazing heifers

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 95, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 55-66

  Dumont, B ^a   Boissy, A ^a   Achard, C ^a   Sibbald, A M ^b   Erhard, H W ^b  

^a UMR1213 HERBIVORES   (France)

^b SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cattle; Grazing; Leadership; Movement order; Walking

Indexed keywords

CATTLE; GRAZING; GRAZING MANAGEMENT; GROUP BEHAVIOR; LEADERSHIP; MOVEMENT;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS;

EID: 27644498219     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applanim.2005.04.005     Document Type: Article

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