Quality of handling and holding yard environment, and beef cattle temperament: 1. Relationships with flight speed and fear of humans

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 120, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 18-27

  Petherick, J Carol ^a,b   Doogan, Vivienne J ^a,b   Holroyd, Richard G ^a,b   Olsson, Peggy ^a,c   Venus, Bronwyn K ^a,b  

^a Cooperative Research Centre for Beef Genetic Technologies ^*  (Australia)

^b DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES   (Australia)

^c Toorak Research Station   (Australia)

Author keywords

Beef cattle; Fear; Handling; Temperament; Welfare

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL WELFARE; ARTIFICIAL DIET; CATTLE; COMMERCIAL ACTIVITY; FLIGHT; HOMINID; HUMAN BEHAVIOR; LIVESTOCK FARMING; WEANING;

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EID: 67650741465     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applanim.2009.05.008     Document Type: Article

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