Are cows more likely to lie down the longer they stand?

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 124, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 1-10

  Tolkamp, Bert J ^a   Haskell, Marie J ^a   Langford, Fritha M ^a   Roberts, David J ^a   Morgan, Colin A ^a  

^a SCOTTISH AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Beef cow; Bout criteria; Dairy cow; Lying; Standing

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; CATTLE; DATA SET; EPISODIC EVENT; GRAZING; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; LACTATION; PREGNANCY; SENSOR; SURVIVORSHIP; VIDEOGRAPHY;

ANIMALIA; BOS;

EID: 77649237928     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applanim.2010.02.004     Document Type: Article

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