Effects of individual or combined housing systems on behavioural and growth responses of dairy calves

Acta Agriculturae Scandinavica A: Animal Sciences

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 55-60

  Tapki, Ibrahim ^a  

^a MUSTAFA KEMAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Behaviour; Combined; Dairy calf; Growth; Housing; Individual

Indexed keywords

FRIESIA; MEDICAGO SATIVA;

EID: 36749059427     PISSN: 09064702     EISSN: 16511972     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09064700701464405     Document Type: Article

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