Performance, behavior, and welfare of Friesian heifers housed in pens with two, four, and eight individuals per concentrate feeding place

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 86, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1446-1458

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

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b Welfare Research Group   (Spain)

^c IRTA   (Spain)

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

^e LETHBRIDGE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Behavior; Competition; Heifer; Ruminal acidosis; Welfare

Indexed keywords

HAPTOGLOBIN; LACTIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMAL WELFARE; ARTICLE; CALORIC INTAKE; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; FEMALE; FERMENTATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LIVER ABSCESS; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; RANDOMIZATION; RISK FACTOR; RUMINANT STOMACH; WEIGHT GAIN;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMAL WELFARE; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; ENERGY INTAKE; FEMALE; FERMENTATION; HAPTOGLOBINS; LACTATES; LIVER ABSCESS; POPULATION DENSITY; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RISK FACTORS; RUMEN; WEIGHT GAIN;

ANIMALIA; FRIESIA;

EID: 45549103178     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/jas.2007-0675     Document Type: Article

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