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Behavioural and heart rate responses of cows and calves to each other's vocalisations after early separation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 November 2017

J. N. Marchant ,
R.M. Forde  and
D. M. Weary
J. N. Marchant
Affiliation:
School of Agriculture, De Montfort University, Caythorpe, Grantham, Lincolnshire, NG32 3EP, UK Peter Wall Institute of Advanced Studies, University of British Columbia, University Centre, 6331 Crescent Road, Vancouver, V6T 1Z2, Canada
R.M. Forde
Affiliation:
School of Agriculture, De Montfort University, Caythorpe, Grantham, Lincolnshire, NG32 3EP, UK
D. M. Weary
Affiliation:
School of Agriculture, De Montfort University, Caythorpe, Grantham, Lincolnshire, NG32 3EP, UK
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Current commercial dairy practice involves the removal of the calf from the dam within the first two days of life. This early separation may result in stress for both cow and calf. However, it may also be that separation occurs before the cow-calf bond is established. The aim of this study was to determine if cows and calves respond to each other's calls after separation and whether they could distinguish their own calf's or dam's calls from another calf's or cow's calls.

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Proceedings of the British Society of Animal Science , Volume 2000 , 2000 , pp. 30
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Copyright © The British Society of Animal Science 2000

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