Brisket boards reduce freestall use

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 89, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 2603-2607

  Tucker, C B ^a   Zdanowicz, G ^a   Weary, D M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Behavior; Cubicle; Housing; Welfare

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745899346     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.S0022-0302(06)72337-2     Document Type: Article

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