Lying laterality and the effect of IceTag data loggers on lying behaviour of dairy cows

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 136, Issue 2-4, 2012, Pages 104-107

  Gibbons, Jenny ^a   Medrano Galarza, Catalina ^a   Marie de Passillé, Anne ^a   Rushen, Jeffrey ^a  

^a SUMMERLAND RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Animal welfare; Behaviour; Dairy cattle; Data loggers; Laterality; Lying

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY PATTERN; ANIMAL WELFARE; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; CATTLE; DAIRY FARMING; DATA ACQUISITION; SENSOR;

EDINBURGH [SCOTLAND]; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANIMALIA; BOS;

EID: 84856093749     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applanim.2011.12.005     Document Type: Article

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