Factors affecting behavioural disturbances in race-horses

Animal Science

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 475-481

  Redbo, I ^a   Redbo Torstensson, P ^a   Odberg F O ^b   Hedendahl, A ^a   Holm, J ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Behaviour; Horses; Management; Stereotypies

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032056099     PISSN: 13577298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1357729800009644     Document Type: Article

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