A brief note about cow lying behaviour-Do cows choose left and right lying side equally?

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 114, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 32-36

  Forsberg, Anne Mari ^a   Pettersson, Gunnar ^a   Ljungberg, Therese ^a   Svennersten Sjaunja, Kerstin ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Laterality; Lying behaviour; Lying side; Resting posture

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; CATTLE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; LACTATION; PASTURE; PREFERENCE BEHAVIOR; PREGNANCY;

EID: 51449121366     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applanim.2008.02.008     Document Type: Article

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