Changes in the behaviour of dairy cows during the 24h before normal calving compared with behaviour during late pregnancy

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 131, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 8-14

  Miedema, Hanna M ^a   Cockram, Michael S ^b   Dwyer, Cathy M ^c   Macrae, Alastair I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND   (Canada)

^c SCOTTISH AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Behaviour; Calving; Dairy cows; Lying; Parturition; Tail raising

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; CATTLE; DAIRY FARMING; PARTURITION; PREGNANCY; WALKING;

BOS; FRIESIA;

EID: 79952697848     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applanim.2011.01.012     Document Type: Article

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