Provision of additional walls in the resting area-The effects on resting behaviour and social interactions in goats

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 122, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 35-40

  Ehrlenbruch, Rebecca ^a   Jørgensen, Grete Helen Meisfjord ^a   Andersen, Inger Lise ^a   Bøe, Knut Egil ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

Goat; Partitions; Resting behaviour; Walls

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL WELFARE; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; GOAT; OPTIMIZATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; WALL;

CAPRA HIRCUS;

EID: 72449133462     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applanim.2009.11.004     Document Type: Article

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