Lying behavior: Assessing within- and between- herd variation in free-stall-housed dairy cows

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 92, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 4412-4420

  Ito, K ^a   Weary, D M ^a   von Keyserlingk, M A G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cow comfort index; Dairy cow; Lying behavior

Indexed keywords

BOS;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL HOUSING; ARTICLE; CATTLE; DAIRYING; FEMALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHYSIOLOGY; TIME;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CATTLE; DAIRYING; FEMALE; HOUSING, ANIMAL; MOTOR ACTIVITY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 70349278943     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: 15253198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.2009-2235     Document Type: Article

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