Is the response to humans consistent over productive life in dairy cows?

Animal Welfare

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 319-324

  Haskell, M J ^a,b   Bell, D J ^b   Gibbons, J M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b SAC   (United Kingdom)

^c AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Animal welfare; Dairy cow; Fear; Human approach; Temperament; Welfare assessment

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL HOUSING; ANIMAL WELFARE; ARTICLE; BREEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAIRY CATTLE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; LACTATION; NONHUMAN; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS;

EID: 84864844489     PISSN: 09627286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7120/09627286.21.3.319     Document Type: Article

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