The behavioural and physiological responses of dairy heifers to tape-recorded milking facility noise with and without a pre-treatment adaptation phase

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 106, Issue 1-3, 2007, Pages 13-25

  Arnold, Naomi Adele ^a   Ng, Kim Tee ^b   Jongman, Ellen Caroline ^c   Hemsworth, Paul Hamilton ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c Agriculture Victoria   (Australia)

Author keywords

Behaviour; Cortisol; Dairy cows; Fear; Habituation; Heart rate; Noise

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; CATTLE; MILK; MOVEMENT; NOISE; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE;

ANIMALIA; BOS;

EID: 34347346195     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applanim.2006.07.004     Document Type: Article

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