Effects of alternative housing and feeding systems on the behavior and performance of dairy heifer calves

Professional Animal Scientist

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 278-287

  Pempek, J A ^a   Eastridge, M L ^a   Botheras, N A ^a   Croney, C C ^b   Bowen Yoho, W S ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Calf behavior; Dairy calf welfare; Feeding method; Housing method

Indexed keywords

EID: 84957660726     PISSN: 10807446     EISSN: 1525318X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15232/S1080-7446(15)30234-5     Document Type: Article

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