Influence of social dominance on the secondary sex ratio and factors affecting hierarchy in Holstein dairy cows

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 95, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 5694-5701

  Hohenbrink, S ^a   Meinecke Tillmann, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE HANNOVER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Advantaged daughter hypothesis; Dairy cow; Secondary sex ratio; Social dominance

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CATTLE; FEMALE; LACTATION; MALE; NEWBORN; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX RATIO; SOCIAL DOMINANCE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CATTLE; FEMALE; HIERARCHY, SOCIAL; LACTATION; MALE; SEX FACTORS; SEX RATIO; SOCIAL DOMINANCE;

ANIMALIA; BOS;

EID: 84867099456     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: 15253198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.2011-5281     Document Type: Article

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