Social Licking in Pregnant Dairy Heifers

SIMPLE SUMMARY: Social licking is often associated with good animal welfare, but little is known about this behavior in cattle. Licking behavior was compared in heifers housed indoors versus on pasture. Licking frequency was four-fold higher when heifers were indoors. However, when considering all s...

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Autores principales: Tresoldi, Grazyne, Weary, Daniel M., Pinheiro Machado Filho, Luiz Carlos, von Keyserlingk, Marina A. G.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4693208/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26610578
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ani5040404

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4693208/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26610578
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ani5040404

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