Reducing equine stereotypies using an Equiball™

Animal Welfare

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 73-80

  Henderson, J V ^a   Waran, N K ^b  

^a 158 Hesketh Lane ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Animal welfare; Enrichment; Equiball ; Horses; Stereotypic behaviour

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002188111     PISSN: 09627286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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