Maternal protective behaviour of German Angus and Simmental beef cattle after parturition and its relation to production traits
Authors:
- Sebastian HoppeSHSebastian Hoppe
- Horst R. BrandtHBHorst R. Brandt
- Georg ErhardtGEGeorg Erhardt
- Matthias GaulyMGMatthias Gauly
- 1 December 2008
- journal article
- Published by Elsevier in Applied Animal Behaviour Science
- Vol. 114 (3-4) , 297-306
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