A note on eating behaviour of dairy cows at different stocking systems-diurnal rhythm and effects of ambient temperature

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 98, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 315-322

  Taweel, H Z ^a   Tas, B M ^a   Smit, H J ^a   Tamminga, S ^a   Elgersma, A ^a,b  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Ambient temperature; Dairy cows; Eating behaviour; Stocking system

Indexed keywords

EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GRASS; GRAZING; MAMMAL; MANAGEMENT; TEMPERATURE;

BOS TAURUS; LOLIUM PERENNE;

EID: 33646876653     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applanim.2005.10.010     Document Type: Article

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