Dairy cow feeding space requirements assessed in a Y-maze choice test

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 95, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 3954-3960

  Rioja Lang, F C ^a   Roberts, D J ^b   Healy, S D ^c   Lawrence, A B ^b   Haskell, M J ^b  

^a PRAIRIE SWINE CENTRE INC   (Canada)

^b SCOTTISH AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Choice; Dominance; Feeding behavior; Y maze

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL HOUSING; ARTICLE; CATTLE; DAIRYING; DECISION MAKING; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; MAZE TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL DOMINANCE;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; DAIRYING; DOMINANCE-SUBORDINATION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HOUSING, ANIMAL; MAZE LEARNING; SPACE PERCEPTION;

EID: 84862534273     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: 15253198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.2011-4962     Document Type: Article

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