Temperamental cattle acclimate more substantially to repeated handling

•In being heritable, temperament can be augmented through selection.•Cattle acclimate to repeated calm handling in the chute, assessed by chute score.•Temperamental cattle and those handled more frequently acclimated most.•Exit score and velocity were highly correlated, characterizing the same behav...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Applied animal behaviour science 2019-03, Vol.212, p.36-43
Hauptverfasser:	Parham, Jamie T., Tanner, Amy E., Barkley, Katharine, Pullen, Lyla, Wahlberg, Mark L., Swecker, William S., Lewis, Ronald M.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Acclimation Acclimatization animal behavior animal well-being Beef cattle Body weight Bovidae Cattle Correlation analysis Culling Docility Factorial design Handling heifers Observers production technology protocols Recording Repeated handling sires Temperament Velocity
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