Time budgets and adrenocortical activity of cows milked in a robot or a milking parlour: Interrelationships and influence of social rank

Animal Welfare

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 73-80

  Lexer, Daniela ^a   Hagen, K ^b   Palme, R ^a   Troxler, J ^a   Waiblinger, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

^b Bad Neuenahr Ahrweiler GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Animal welfare; Dairy cow; Faecal cortisol metabolites; Robotic milking; Social rank; Time budget

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ADRENAL CORTEX; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL HOUSING; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMAL WELFARE; ARTICLE; CHRONIC STRESS; COW; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; INFRASPECIFIC RANK; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MILK PRODUCTION; NONHUMAN; ROBOTICS; STOCKING DENSITY; TIME;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 59849104119     PISSN: 09627286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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