Preliminary study of the development of the flehmen response in Equus caballus

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 78, Issue 2-4, 2002, Pages 329-335

  Weeks, J W ^a   Crowell Davis, S L ^b   Heusner, G ^b  

^a University of Georgia ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Flehmen; Foal development; Horse behavior

Indexed keywords

JUVENILE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

EQUUS; EQUUS CABALLUS; UNGULATA;

EID: 0037056566     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-1591(02)00110-7     Document Type: Article

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