Short communication: Lying behavior of lactating dairy cows is influenced by lameness especially around feeding time

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 95, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 6546-6549

  Yunta, C ^a   Guasch, I ^b   Bach, A ^a,c  

^a IRTA   (Spain)

^b La Pirenaica ^*  (Spain)

^c INSTITUCIÓ CATALANA DE RECERCA I ESTUDIS AVANÇATS ICREA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Behavior; Feeding; Lameness; Lying

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL LAMENESS; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; LACTATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; LACTATION; LAMENESS, ANIMAL; POSTURE;

ANIMALIA; BOS;

EID: 84867744381     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: 15253198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.2012-5670     Document Type: Article

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