Does the maternal grooming of cattle clean bacteria from the coat of calves?

Behavioural Processes

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 202-204

  Kohari, Daisuke ^a   Sato, Shusuke ^b   Nakai, Yutaka ^b  

^a IBARAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Cow; E. coli; Hygienic function; Maternal grooming

Indexed keywords

CATTLE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GROOMING; HYGIENE; JUVENILE; MATERNAL CARE; PARTURITION;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CATTLE; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; FEMALE; GROOMING; HAIR; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; SKIN;

BOS;

EID: 58249099261     PISSN: 03766357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.beproc.2008.11.003     Document Type: Article

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