Consistency of flight speed and response to restraint in a crush in dairy cattle

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 131, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 15-20

  Gibbons, Jenny M ^a   Lawrence, Alistair B ^a   Haskell, Marie J ^a  

^a SCOTTISH AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dairy cattle; Flight speed; Temperament

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; CATTLE; CORRELATION; DAIRY FARMING; FLIGHT;

ANIMALIA; BOS; FRIESIA;

EID: 79952708082     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applanim.2011.01.009     Document Type: Article

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