Associations of housing, management, milking activity, and standing and lying behavior of dairy cows milked in automatic systems

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 96, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 344-351

  Deming, J A ^a   Bergeron, R ^a   Leslie, K E ^a   DeVries, T J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Automatic milking; Behavioral pattern; Cross sectional study; Dairy cow

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL HOUSING; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; CATTLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DAIRYING; FEMALE; LACTATION; METHODOLOGY; MILK; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SECRETION (PROCESS);

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CATTLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DAIRYING; FEMALE; HOUSING, ANIMAL; LACTATION; MILK; POSTURE;

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EID: 84871619368     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: 15253198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.2012-5985     Document Type: Article

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