Evaluation of eating and rumination behaviour in cows using a noseband pressure sensor

BMC Veterinary Research

Volumn 9, Issue , 2013, Pages 1-8

  Braun, Ueli ^a   Trösch, Luzia ^a   Nydegger, Franz ^b   Hässig, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b AGROSCOPE RECKENHOLZ TÄNIKON RESEARCH STATION ART   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Automated recording; Cattle; Eating and rumination behaviour

Indexed keywords

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EID: 84882604417     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17466148     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1746-6148-9-164     Document Type: Article

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