The relationships between temperament during routine handling tasks, weight gain and facial hair whorl position in frequently handled beef cattle

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 115, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 25-36

  Olmos, Gabriela ^a   Turner, Simon P ^a  

^a SCOTTISH AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cattle; Flight speed; Hair whorl; Intensive handling; Temperament

Indexed keywords

CATTLE; DAIRY FARMING; HAIR; HANDLING STRESS; INTENSIVE AGRICULTURE; SELECTIVE BREEDING; WEIGHT;

BOS; BOS TAURUS;

EID: 54349105164     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applanim.2008.05.001     Document Type: Article

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