Behaviour around the time of calving in dairy cows

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 139, Issue 3-4, 2012, Pages 195-202

  Jensen, Margit Bak ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Activity; Cattle; Lying behaviour; Maternal behaviour; Parturition

Indexed keywords

ACCELEROMETER; ACTIVITY PATTERN; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; CATTLE; DAIRY FARMING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; MATERNAL EFFECT; PARTURITION; VIDEOGRAPHY;

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EID: 84862663847     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applanim.2012.04.002     Document Type: Article

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