Temperament traits of beef calves measured under field conditions and their relationships to performance

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 88, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1982-1989

  Hoppe, S ^a,b   Brandt, H R ^b   Konig S ^a   Erhardt, G ^b   Gauly, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Beef cattle; Behavior test; Flight speed; Production trait; Temperament

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CATTLE; FEMALE; GENETICS; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT; STATISTICAL MODEL; TEMPERAMENT;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CATTLE; FEMALE; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT, HERITABLE; TEMPERAMENT;

ANIMALIA; BOS;

EID: 77952845478     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: 15253163     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/jas.2008-1557     Document Type: Article

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