Effects of social dominance, water trough location and shade availability on drinking behaviour of cows on pasture

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 139, Issue 3-4, 2012, Pages 175-182

  Coimbra, Paula Araujo Dias ^a   Machado Filho, Luiz Carlos Pinheiro ^a   Hötzel, Maria José ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA CATARINA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Agonistic interactions; Dairy cattle; Shade use; Social hierarchy; Water intake

Indexed keywords

AGONISTIC BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; CATTLE; DOMINANCE; DRINKING; FOOD INTAKE; GRAZING; HABITUATION; HYDROMETRY; PASTURE; SHADING; WATERING POINT;

ANIMALIA; BOS;

EID: 84862673324     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applanim.2012.04.009     Document Type: Article

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