Grouping and social preferences in calves, heifers and cows

By K. Bøe, G. Færevik. 2003

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Effect of individual versus group rearing on ethological and physiological responses of crossbred calves (2004, background): “) and improves calf health, performance and social behaviour (Kung et al., 1997; Weary, 2002; Boe and Faerevik, 2003; Jensen, 2003).”
Sources of stress in captivity (2007, background): “Dairy calves raised in isolation are more fearful than are group-reared calves (Boe and Farevik, 2003).”
Integration into the dairy cow herd: long-term effects of mother contact during the first twelve weeks of life (2012, background): “Heifers newly integrated into a herd of cows often occupy only low social status (Bøe and Færevik, 2003) and thus become mainly receivers of aggression rather than initiators (Gibbons et al.”