Suckling behaviour of Nelore, Gir and Caracu calves and their crosses

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 101, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 276-287

  Paranhos da Costa, Mateus José Rodrigues ^a,b   Albuquerque, Lúcia Galvão ^a,b   Eler, Joanir Pereira ^b,c   Augusto II de Vasconcelos Silva, Josineudson ^d  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^b UNESP ^*  (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^d IZ SAA SP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Breed differences; Cattle; Cow calf relationship; Milk transfer estimation; Suckling

Indexed keywords

AGE-RELATED DIFFERENCE; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; CATTLE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GENETIC VARIATION; HYBRID; SUCKLING;

BOS INDICUS; BOS TAURUS;

EID: 33750959088     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applanim.2006.02.006     Document Type: Article

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