Improving stall design: Use of 3-d kinematics to measure space use by dairy cows when lying down

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 87, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 2042-2050

  Ceballos, A ^a   Sanderson, D ^a   Rushen, J ^b   Weary, D M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b SHERBROOKE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dairy cow; Kinematics; Lying movement; Stall design

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS;

EID: 3242816327     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.S0022-0302(04)70022-3     Document Type: Article

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