The effect of training first-lactation heifers to the milking parlor on the behavioral reactivity to humans and the physiological and behavioral responses to milking and productivity

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 95, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 6983-6993

  Sutherland, M A ^a   Huddart, F J ^a  

^a RUAKURA RESEARCH CENTRE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Behavior; Heifer; Temperament; Training

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CATTLE; DAIRYING; FEMALE; HUMAN; LACTATION; METHODOLOGY; MILK; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SECRETION (PROCESS);

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CATTLE; DAIRYING; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; LACTATION; MILK;

EID: 84869502145     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: 15253198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.2011-5211     Document Type: Article

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