Human handling might interfere with conspecific recognition in the European rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus)

Developmental Psychobiology

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 53-62

  Pongrácz, Péter ^a   Altbäcker, Vilmos ^a   Fenes, Ditte ^a  

^a EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Conspecific recognition; Felis catus; Handling; Human; Rabbit; Sensitive period

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIENCE; FEAR; NONHUMAN; RABBIT; RECOGNITION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; WEANING;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; RABBITS; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SPECIES SPECIFICITY; WEANING;

EID: 0034943796     PISSN: 00121630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dev.1028     Document Type: Article

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