Short communication: Dominance in free-stall-housed dairy cattle is dependent upon resource

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 91, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 3922-3926

  Val Laillet, D ^a,c   Veira, D M ^a   Von Keyserlingk, M A G ^b  

^a SUMMERLAND RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTRE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

Competitive success; Dairy cow; Dominance; Resource

Indexed keywords

BOS;

EID: 54049100777     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: 15253198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.2008-1332     Document Type: Article

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