Volatile substances in feces, urine and urine-marked feces of feral horses

Canadian Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 411-420

  Kimura, Rikako ^a  

^a Equine Museum of Japan   (Japan)

Author keywords

(Releaser) pheromone; Excrement; Horse (feral); Masking; Odors (volatile); Scent marking

Indexed keywords

EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS;

EID: 0035643390     PISSN: 00083984     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4141/A00-068     Document Type: Article

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