Presence of an older weaned companion influences feeding behavior and improves performance of dairy calves before and after weaning from milk

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 95, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 3218-3224

  De Paula Vieira, A ^a   von Keyserlingk, M A G ^a   Weary, D M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dairy calf; Group housing; Social learning; Solid feed

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; CATTLE; DIET; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; NEWBORN; PHYSIOLOGY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TIME; WEANING; WEIGHT GAIN;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CATTLE; DIET; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TIME FACTORS; WEANING; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 84862068172     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: 15253198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.2011-4821     Document Type: Article

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