An assessment of behavioural syndromes in rangeland-raised beef cattle

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 139, Issue 3-4, 2012, Pages 183-194

  Wesley, Robert L ^b   Cibils, Andrés F ^a   Mulliniks, J Travis ^a   Pollak, Emily R ^b   Petersen, Mark K ^c   Fredrickson, Ed L ^d,e  

^a NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b THE NATURE CONSERVANCY   (United States)

^c AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^d U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^e EASTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Animal personalities; Animal temperaments; Cow calf; GPS; Grazing distribution; Stress coping styles

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; CATTLE; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; GPS; PASTURE; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; RANGELAND; SERUM;

ANIMALIA; BOS;

EID: 84862647158     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applanim.2012.04.005     Document Type: Article

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