Resting behaviour and displacements in ewes-effects of reduced lying space and pen shape

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 98, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 249-259

  Bøe, Knut Egil ^a   Berg, Synne ^a   Andersen, Inger Lise ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

Displacement; Resting behaviour; Sheep; Space allowance

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; SHEEP;

ANIMALIA; OVIS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 33646857514     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applanim.2005.10.001     Document Type: Article

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