Prevalence and characteristics of foal rejection in Arabian mares

Equine Veterinary Journal

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 424-428

  Juarbe Díaz, Soraya V ^a   Houpt, Katherine A ^a   Kusunose, R ^b  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b EQUINE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Foal rejection, Arabian mares, maternal behaviour, aggression; Horse

Indexed keywords

EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; BREEDING; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; GENETICS; HORSE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; PEDIGREE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ANIMALS; BREEDING; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HORSES; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; PEDIGREE; REJECTION (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 0032158775     PISSN: 04251644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2042-3306.1998.tb04513.x     Document Type: Article

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