Laterality of lying behaviour in dairy cattle

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 120, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 125-131

  Tucker, Cassandra Blaine ^a   Cox, Neil Ralph ^b   Weary, Daniel Martin ^c   Špinka, Marek ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b RUAKURA RESEARCH CENTRE   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^d INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL SCIENCE   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Bedding; Behaviour; Cow comfort; Eating; Laterality; Lying

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY PATTERN; CATTLE; DAIRY FARMING; PASTURE; PREFERENCE BEHAVIOR; PROBABILITY;

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EID: 69449101223     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applanim.2009.05.010     Document Type: Article

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