Effects of an enriched environment on subsequent fear reactions of lambs and ewes

Developmental Psychobiology

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 33-45

  Vandenheede, M ^a,b   Bouissou, M F ^a  

^a UMR85 PHYSIOLOGIE DE LA REPRODUCTION ET DES COMPORTEMENTS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Critical periods; Environmental enrichment; Feat; Ontogeny; Sheep; Welfare

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENT; FEAR; FEMALE; LAMB; MALE; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; NONHUMAN; REARING; WEANING;

ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENT; FEAR; FEMALE; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SHEEP; SOCIAL ISOLATION;

ANIMALIA; OVIS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 0031719274     PISSN: 00121630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2302(199807)33:1<33::AID-DEV4>3.0.CO;2-T     Document Type: Article

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