Changes in suckling behaviour of dairy calves nursed by their dam during the first month post partum

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 128, Issue 1-4, 2010, Pages 23-29

  Lidfors, Lena M ^a   Jung, Jens ^a   de Passillé, Anne Marie ^b  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Butting; Cattle; Nursing behaviour; Sucking; Teat use

Indexed keywords

CATTLE; DAIRY FARMING; LACTATION; MILK PRODUCTION; NURSERY GROUND; SUCKLING; VIDEOGRAPHY;

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EID: 78549236455     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applanim.2010.09.002     Document Type: Article

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