Pregnancy is associated with low fear reactions in ewes

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 72, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 579-587

  Viérin, Manon ^a   Bouissou, Marie France ^a  

^a UMR85 PHYSIOLOGIE DE LA REPRODUCTION ET DES COMPORTEMENTS   (France)

Author keywords

Fear reactions; Pregnancy; Progesterone; Sheep

Indexed keywords

PROGESTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEAR; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGESTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; SHEEP; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SURVIVAL; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY;

EID: 0035078670     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9384(01)00416-4     Document Type: Article

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