Prior deprivation and reward duration affect the demand function for rest in dairy heifers

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 88, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 1-11

  Jensen, Margit Bak ^a   Munksgaard, Lene ^a   Pedersen, Lene Juul ^a   Ladewig, Jan ^b   Matthews, Lindsay ^c  

^a DANISH INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c RUAKURA RESEARCH CENTRE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Dairy cattle; Demand functions; Elasticity; Heifers; Lying behaviour; Rest

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; CATTLE; DAIRY FARMING;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; BOVINAE;

EID: 3242704120     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applanim.2004.02.019     Document Type: Article

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