Effect of the number of concentrate feeding places per pen on performance, behavior, and welfare indicators of Friesian calves during the first month after arrival at the feedlot

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 86, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 419-431

  Gonzalez L A ^a,d   Ferret, A ^a,d   Manteca, X ^a,d   Ruiz de la Torre J L ^a,d   Calsamiglia, S ^a,d   Devant, M ^b,d   Bach, A ^b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b IRTA   (Spain)

^c INSTITUCIÓ CATALANA DE RECERCA I ESTUDIS AVANÇATS ICREA   (Spain)

^d Animal Nutrition Management and Welfare Research Group ^*  (Spain)

Author keywords

Behavior; Calf; Feeding place; Performance; Welfare

Indexed keywords

FATTY ACID;

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL FOOD; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMAL WELFARE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CALORIC INTAKE; CATTLE; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METHODOLOGY; NEWBORN; RANDOMIZATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; STATISTICAL MODEL; TIME; WEIGHT GAIN;

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL FEED; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMAL WELFARE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CATTLE; ENERGY INTAKE; FATTY ACIDS, NONESTERIFIED; FEMALE; LINEAR MODELS; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; TIME FACTORS; WEIGHT GAIN;

ANIMALIA; FRIESIA;

EID: 38949211779     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/jas.2007-0362     Document Type: Article

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