Effects of providing water from a bucket or a nipple on the performance and behavior of calves fed ad libitum volumes of acidified milk replacer

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 91, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1486-1496

  Hepola, H P ^a,c   Hanninen L T ^a,c   Raussi, S M ^b,c   Pursiainen, P A ^a   Aarnikoivu, A M ^a   Saloniemi, H S ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b ANIMAL PRODUCTION RESEARCH   (Finland)

^c Research Centre for Animal Welfare

Author keywords

Ad libitum milk feeding; Behavior; Dairy calf; Water

Indexed keywords

EID: 42449160190     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: 15253198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.2007-0500     Document Type: Article

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