The relationship between the stockpersons personality and attitudes and the productivity of dairy cows

Animal

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 737-743

  Hanna, D ^a   Sneddon, I A ^a   Beattie, V E ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Attitude; Dairy cow; Humananimal relationship; Personality; Stockperson

Indexed keywords

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EID: 68349128132     PISSN: 17517311     EISSN: 1751732X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1751731109003991     Document Type: Article

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