Behavioural changes in dairy cows with lameness in an automatic milking system

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 150, Issue , 2014, Pages 1-8

  Miguel Pacheco, Giuliana G ^a   Kaler, Jasmeet ^a   Remnant, John ^a   Cheyne, Lydia ^a   Abbott, Caroline ^a   French, Andrew P ^b   Pridmore, Tony P ^b   Huxley, Jonathan N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Automatic milking system; Feeding; Lameness; Milking visits; Rumination

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS; AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY; ANIMAL WELFARE; AUTOMATION; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; CATTLE; DAIRY FARMING; DIGESTION; DISABILITY; ECONOMIC IMPACT; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; MILK PRODUCTION; PROFITABILITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ANIMALIA; BOS;

EID: 84890860545     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applanim.2013.11.003     Document Type: Article

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