Performance and behaviour of calves reared in groups or individually following an enhanced-growth feeding programme

Journal of Dairy Research

Volumn 73, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 480-486

  Terré, Marta ^a   Bach, Alex ^a,b   Devant, Maria ^a  

^a IRTA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUCIÓ CATALANA DE RECERCA I ESTUDIS AVANÇATS ICREA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Behaviour; Calves; Grouping; Weaning

Indexed keywords

FATTY ACID; INSULIN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL FOOD; ANIMAL HOUSING; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MILK; BLOOD; CATTLE; EATING; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HEALTH STATUS; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; NEWBORN; TIME; UREA NITROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; VACCINATION; WEANING; WEIGHT GAIN;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BLOOD UREA NITROGEN; CATTLE; EATING; FATTY ACIDS, NONESTERIFIED; HEALTH STATUS; HOUSING, ANIMAL; INSULIN; MALE; MILK SUBSTITUTES; TIME FACTORS; VACCINATION; WEANING; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 33750284417     PISSN: 00220299     EISSN: 14697629     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022029906002019     Document Type: Article

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