Potential animal-centred indicators of dairy goat welfare

Animal Welfare

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 161-164

  Mazurek, M ^a   Marie, Michel ^a   Desor, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

Author keywords

Animal welfare; Behaviour; Dominance; Fear; Goat; Indicators

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL CASTE; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL LAMENESS; ANIMAL WELFARE; ANXIETY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DAIRYING; DOMINANCE BEHAVIOR; EMOTION; FEAR; GOAT; LIMB DISEASE; LOCOMOTION; NONHUMAN; STANDING; STIMULUS RESPONSE;

ANIMALIA; CAPRA HIRCUS;

EID: 34249104878     PISSN: 09627286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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