The effect of weekly handling on the temperament of peri-puberal crossbred beef heifers

The objectives of this study were to determine the effects of handling peri-puberal heifers for 2 h each week on in-chute behavior, isolation behavior, and the time required for each heifer to leave the testing area; and to determine if the location of the facial hair whorl was associated with any o...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Matson, Kimberly Monica
Other Authors: Animal and Poultry Sciences
Format: Others
Published: Virginia Tech 2014
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10919/33186
http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-05242006-113109/