Buffalo behavioural response to machine milking in early lactation;Risposta comportamentale della bufala durante la mungitura meccanica nelle prime fasi della lattazione

Italian Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 131-140

  Cavallina, Roberta ^a   Roncoroni, Cristina ^a   Campagna, Maria Concetta ^a   Minero, Michela ^b   Canali, Elisabetta ^b  

^a ISTITUTO ZOOPROFILATTICO SPERIMENTALE DELLE REGIONI LAZIO E TOSCANA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Behaviour; Bubalus bubalis; Machine milking; Oxytocin

Indexed keywords

EID: 84994469164     PISSN: 15944077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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