Improved weaning reduces cross-sucking and may improve weight gain in dairy calves

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 111, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 251-261

  Roth, Beatrice A ^a   Hillmann, Edna ^a   Stauffacher, Markus ^a   Keil, Nina M ^b  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b AGROSCOPE RECKENHOLZ TÄNIKON RESEARCH STATION ART   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Abnormal behaviour; Artificial weaning; Cross sucking; Dairy calves; Weight performance

Indexed keywords

CATTLE; DAIRY FARMING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; MILK; WEANING; WEIGHT;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 41949091357     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applanim.2007.06.007     Document Type: Article

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