A brief report on intra-species aggressive biting in a goat herd

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 102, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 124-129

  Tölü, Cemil ^a   Savaş, Türker ^a  

^a ÇANAKKALE ONSEKIZ MART UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Aggressive biting; Butting; Horn; Places; Turkish Saanen

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; GOAT; GROUP BEHAVIOR; INTRASPECIFIC INTERACTION;

ANIMALIA; CAPRA HIRCUS;

EID: 33845211959     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applanim.2006.03.002     Document Type: Article

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