Behavioural reactions before and during vaginal examination in dairy cows

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 138, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 18-27

  Pilz, Madlen ^a,b   Fischer Tenhagen, Carola ^a   Thiele, Gerhard ^b   Tinge, Harm ^c   Lotz, Fabian ^a   Heuwieser, Wolfgang ^a  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b G Thiele   (Germany)

^c Hermetia Baruth GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Animal welfare; Avoidance reactivity score; Behaviour; Cattle; Examination; Metricheck

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOS;

EID: 84857019801     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applanim.2012.01.011     Document Type: Article

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