The effect of lameness on lying behaviour of zero grazed Holstein dairy cattle

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 134, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 85-91

  Blackie, Nicola ^a   Amory, Jonathan ^a   Bleach, Emma ^b   Scaife, Jes ^a  

^a ANGLIA RUSKIN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b HARPER ADAMS UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Automatic behaviour monitoring; Dairy cattle; Lameness; Locomotion score; Lying behaviour

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; CATTLE; DAIRY FARMING; LOCOMOTION; MONITORING;

ANIMALIA; BOS;

EID: 80053256669     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applanim.2011.08.004     Document Type: Article

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