Cow traffic in relation to social rank and motivation of cows in an automatic milking system with control gates and an open waiting area

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 96, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 201-214

  Melin, M ^a,b   Hermans, G G N ^a   Pettersson, G ^a   Wiktorsson, H ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b Kungsängen Research Centre   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Automatic milking systems; Cow traffic; Dominance relationships; Motivation

Indexed keywords

CATTLE; DAIRY FARMING; DOMINANCE;

EID: 31544458200     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applanim.2005.06.013     Document Type: Article

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