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Effects of level of social contact on dairy calf behavior and health

Housing preweaned dairy calves in pairs rather than individually has been found to positively affect behavioral responses in novel social and environmental situations, but concerns have been raised that close contact among very young animals may impair their health. In previous studies, the level of...

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Autores principales: Jensen, Margit Bak, Larsen, Lars Erik
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: American Dairy Science Association. Published by Elsevier Inc. 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7094583/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24856985
http://dx.doi.org/10.3168/jds.2013-7311