Suckling, weaning, and the development of oral behaviours in dairy calves

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 147, Issue 1-2, 2013, Pages 11-18

  Veissier, Isabelle ^a,b   Caré, Sara ^c   Pomiès, Dominique ^a,b  

^a UMR1213 HERBIVORES   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CLERMONT AUVERGNE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÀ CATTOLICA DEL SACRO CUORE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Dairy calves; Oral behaviours; Suckling; Weaning

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; CATTLE; DAIRY FARMING; DAM; WEANING;

EID: 84880620187     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applanim.2013.05.002     Document Type: Article

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