The dairy cattle behaviors and time budget and barn area usage in freestall housing

Journal of Animal and Veterinary Advances

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 248-254

  Uzal, Selda ^a   Ugurlu, Nuh ^a  

^a SELCUK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Area usage of cattle; Cattle behavior; Feeding behavior; Freestall housing; Lying behavior; Time budget

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953762063     PISSN: 16805593     EISSN: 1993601X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/javaa.2010.248.254     Document Type: Article

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