The effect of a foraging device (a modified 'Edinburgh Foodball') on the behaviour of the stabled horse

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 48, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 25-35

  Winskill, Linda C ^a   Waran, Natalie K ^a   Young, Robert J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF SCOTLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Behavioural enrichment; Environment; Feeding; Grazing; Horse; Species specific behaviour

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002948178     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0168-1591(95)01021-1     Document Type: Article

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