Effects of the early social environment on behavioral responses of dairy calves to novel events

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 95, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 5149-5155

  De Paula Vieira, A ^a   de Passille A M ^b   Weary, D M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Group housing; Isolation; Social bond; Social learning

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL HOUSING; ARTICLE; CATTLE; FEMALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEWBORN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CATTLE; FEMALE; HOUSING, ANIMAL; MOTOR ACTIVITY; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 84865331294     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: 15253198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.2011-5073     Document Type: Article

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