Individual recognition in domestic cattle (Bos taurus): evidence from 2D-images of heads from different breeds.

<h4>Background</h4>In order to maintain cohesion of groups, social animals need to process social information efficiently. Visual individual recognition, which is distinguished from mere visual discrimination, has been studied in only few mammalian species. In addition, most previous stu...

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Main Authors: Marjorie Coulon, Bertrand L Deputte, Yvan Heyman, Claude Baudoin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2009-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/19212439/pdf/?tool=EBI