Restlessness behaviour, heart rate and heart-rate variability of dairy cows milked in two types of automatic milking systems and auto-tandem milking parlours

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 109, Issue 2-4, 2008, Pages 167-179

  Gygax, Lorenz ^a   Neuffer, Isabelle ^a   Kaufmann, Christine ^a   Hauser, Rudolf ^a   Wechsler, Beat ^a  

^a AGROSCOPE RECKENHOLZ TÄNIKON RESEARCH STATION ART   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Automatic milking system; Cattle; Dairy cows; Heart rate variability; Restlessness; Stress

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL WELFARE; ASSESSMENT METHOD; AUTOMATION; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; CATTLE; DETECTION METHOD; HANDLING STRESS; MILK PRODUCTION; RESTING STAGE;

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EID: 37449012185     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applanim.2007.03.010     Document Type: Article

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