Differences between single and paired heifers in residency in functional areas, length of travel path, and area used throughout days 1-6 after integration into a free stall dairy herd

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 120, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 49-55

  Gygax, Lorenz ^a   Neisen, Gesa ^a,b   Wechsler, Beat ^a  

^a AGROSCOPE RECKENHOLZ TÄNIKON RESEARCH STATION ART   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dairy cow; Heifer; Integration; Introduction; Replacement; Use of barn areas

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; CATTLE; LIVESTOCK FARMING; REPLACEMENT; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TRACKING;

ANIMALIA; BOS;

EID: 67651023722     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applanim.2009.05.002     Document Type: Article

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