Evaluation of on-farm veal calves'responses to unfamiliar humans and potential influencing factors

Animal

Volumn 6, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 2003-2010

  Leruste, H ^a   Bokkers, E A M ^b   Heutinck, L F M ^b   Wolthuis Fillerup, M ^a   Van Der Werf, J T N ^b   Brscic, M ^c   Cozzi, G ^c   Engel, B ^b   Van Reenen, C G ^b   Lensink, B J ^a  

^a Equipe CASE   (France)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Avoidance; Calves; Human animal relationship; Risk factor analysis

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMAL WELFARE; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CATTLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEAR; FEMALE; FRANCE; GENETICS; HUMAN; ITALY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NETHERLANDS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMAL WELFARE; ANIMALS; CATTLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEAR; FEMALE; FRANCE; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NETHERLANDS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 84869807529     PISSN: 17517311     EISSN: 1751732X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1751731112001346     Document Type: Article

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