Luminance and glare in indoor cattle-handling facilities

Animal Welfare

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 263-269

  Klinglmair, K ^a,b   Stevens, K B ^b   Gregory, N G ^b  

^a Royal Veterinary College ^*  (Austria)

^b ROYAL VETERINARY COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Abattoir; Animal welfare; Balking; Cattle; Floor; Glare

Indexed keywords

METAL;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL HOUSING; ANIMAL WELFARE; ARTICLE; CATTLE; GLARE; LUMINANCE; NONHUMAN; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANIMALIA; BOS;

EID: 79955448083     PISSN: 09627286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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