Influence of weather on the behaviour of outdoor-wintered beef cattle in Scandinavia

Livestock Science

Volumn 136, Issue 2-3, 2011, Pages 247-255

  Graunke, Katharina L ^a   Schuster, Tibor ^b   Lidfors, Lena M ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Behavior; Cattle; Outdoor; Temperature; Wind; Winter

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOS; BOS TAURUS;

EID: 79951949284     PISSN: 18711413     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.livsci.2010.09.018     Document Type: Article

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