Technical note: Quantifying and characterizing behavior in dairy calves using the IceTag automatic recording device

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 92, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 3397-3401

  Trenel P ^a   Jensen, M B ^b   Decker, E L ^b   Skjoth F ^a  

^a AgroTech A/S   (Denmark)

^b DANISH INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Activity; Lying; Standing; Validation

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA;

EID: 68149115858     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: 15253198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.2009-2040     Document Type: Article

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