Qualitative behaviour assessment of dairy buffaloes (Bubalus bubalis)

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 141, Issue 3-4, 2012, Pages 91-100

  Napolitano, Fabio ^a   De Rosa, Giuseppe ^b   Grasso, Fernando ^b   Wemelsfelder, Françoise ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASILICATA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^c SCOTTISH AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Buffalo; Free choice profiling; Qualitative behaviour assessment; Reliability

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; CATTLE; DAIRY FARMING; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS; VIDEOGRAPHY;

ANIMALIA; BUBALUS; BUBALUS BUBALIS;

EID: 84867027503     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applanim.2012.08.002     Document Type: Article

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