On-farm welfare assessment in dairy cattle and buffaloes: Evaluation of some animal-based parameters

Italian Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 223-231

  Napolitano, Fabio ^a   Grasso, Fernando ^b   Bordi, Aldo ^b   Tripaldi, Carmela ^c   Saltalamacchia, Federica ^c   Pacelli, Corrado ^a   De Rosa, Giuseppe ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASILICATA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^c Istituto Sperimentale Per la Zootecnia   (Italy)

Author keywords

Behaviour; Buffalo; Dairy cattle; On farm assessment; Reliability

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; BUBALUS;

EID: 33645721524     PISSN: 15944077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4081/ijas.2005.223     Document Type: Article

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