Suckling behaviour does not measure milk intake in horses, Equus caballus

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 673-678

  Cameron, Elissa Z ^a,b   Stafford, Kevin J ^b   Linklater, Wayne L ^a   Veltman, Clare J ^a,c  

^a Institute of Natural Resources   (New Zealand)

^b MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^c DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; MAMMAL; PARENTAL INVESTMENT;

EQUIDAE; EQUUS; EQUUS CABALLUS; MAMMALIA; PERISSODACTYLA;

EID: 0033105432     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbe.1998.0997     Document Type: Article

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