Mother-offspring relationships in donkeys

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 60, Issue 2-3, 1998, Pages 253-258

  French, Jane M ^a  

^a Crofters Middle Dimson   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Companion animal; Donkey; Mother offspring bond; Social relationships; Weaning

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032533659     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-1591(98)00173-7     Document Type: Article

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