The effects of age and experience on behavioural development in dairy calves

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 99, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 41-52

  Lauber, Mariko Ching Yin ^a,b,c   Hemsworth, Paul Hamilton ^b,c   Barnett, John Lawrence ^c  

^a CRC for Innovative Dairy Products ^*  (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c University of Melbourne and the Department of Primary Industries   (Australia)

Author keywords

Age; Behaviour; Dairy calves; Development; Experience

Indexed keywords

AGE; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; CATTLE; LEARNING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 33745713981     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applanim.2005.10.009     Document Type: Article

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