Behavior, physiology, and performance of bulls mixed at the onset of finishing to form uniform body weight groups

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 83, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 1696-1704

  Mounier, L ^a,b   Veissier, I ^a   Boissy, A ^a  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

^b VETAGRO SUP   (France)

Author keywords

Behavior; Body Weight; Finishing Bulls; Mixing; Production; Stress

Indexed keywords

EID: 31644433360     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/2005.8371696x     Document Type: Article

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