Social instability increases aggression in groups of dairy goats, but with minor consequences for the goats' growth, kid production and development

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 114, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 132-148

  Andersen, Inger Lise ^a   Roussel, Sabine ^b   Ropstad, Erik ^a   Braastad, Bjarne Olai ^a   Steinheim, Geir ^a   Janczak, Andrew Morten ^a,c   Jørgensen, Grete meisfjord ^a   Bøe, Knut Egil ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Agonistic behaviour; Cortisol; Dairy goats; Goat kids; Maternal effects

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; BIOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; GOAT; LITTER; MATERNAL EFFECT; PREGNANCY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SURVIVAL;

CAPRA HIRCUS;

EID: 51649130061     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applanim.2008.01.007     Document Type: Article

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