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Contact with Mature Cows and Access to Pasture during Early Life Shape Dairy Heifer Behaviour at Integration into the Milking Herd

SIMPLE SUMMARY: Cow–calf separation immediately after birth is an issue of growing concern to global consumers of dairy products. The practice is also increasingly acknowledged by dairy scientists as coming at the detriment of the long-term behavioural, emotional and social development of replacemen...

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Autores principales: Field, Laura A., Hemsworth, Lauren M., Jongman, Ellen, Patrick, Cameron, Verdon, Megan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10339967/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37443847
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ani13132049