Socio-spatial relationships in dairy cows

Ethology

Volumn 116, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 10-23

  Gygax, Lorenz ^a   Neisen, Gesa ^a,b   Wechsler, Beat ^a  

^a AGROSCOPE RECKENHOLZ TÄNIKON RESEARCH STATION ART   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY PATTERN; AVOIDANCE REACTION; CATTLE; DAIRY FARMING; SOCIAL NETWORK; SYNCHRONY;

ANIMALIA; BOS; BOS TAURUS;

EID: 72549090871     PISSN: 01791613     EISSN: 14390310     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0310.2009.01708.x     Document Type: Article

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