The motivation of high- and low-yielding dairy cows to obtain supplementary concentrate feed

Journal of Veterinary Behavior: Clinical Applications and Research

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 75-81

  Cooper, Marc Damien ^a,b,c   Arney, David Richard ^a,d   Phillips, Clive Julian Christie ^b,e  

^a Moulton College   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c Research Animals Department   (United Kingdom)

^d ESTONIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Estonia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

behavior; cattle; feeding motivation; milk yield; operant conditioning

Indexed keywords

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EID: 77749315481     PISSN: 15587878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jveb.2009.09.045     Document Type: Article

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