Parturition progress and behaviours in dairy cows with calving difficulty

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 139, Issue 3-4, 2012, Pages 209-217

  Barrier, Alice C ^a   Haskell, Marie J ^a   Macrae, Alastair I ^b   Dwyer, Cathy M ^a  

^a SCOTTISH AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Calving ease; Dairy cow; Dystocia; Pain; Parturition behaviour; Welfare

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL WELFARE; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; CATTLE; DAIRY FARMING; PARTURITION; VIDEOGRAPHY;

ANIMALIA; BOS;

EID: 84862681069     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applanim.2012.03.003     Document Type: Article

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