Behavioural responses of dairy cows toward novel stimuli presented in the home environment

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 89, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 27-40

  Herskin, Mette S ^a   Kristensen, Anne Marie ^b   Munksgaard, Lene ^a  

^a DANISH INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Behavioural test; Cattle; Fear; Food; Neophobia; Novelty

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR; CATTLE;

BOS TAURUS; DAUCUS CAROTA;

EID: 4644298062     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applanim.2004.06.006     Document Type: Article

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