Effect of previous stroking on reactions to a veterinary procedure: Behaviour and heart rate of dairy cows

Interaction Studies

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 467-481

  Schmied, Claudia ^a   Boivin, Xavier ^b   Scala, Sebastian ^a   Waiblinger, Susanne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

^b UMR1213 HERBIVORES   (France)

Author keywords

Animal welfare; Cattle; Human animal relationship; Tactile stimulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649419881     PISSN: 15720373     EISSN: 15720381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1075/is.11.3.08sch     Document Type: Article

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