Day-time time budgets of pregnant mares housed in tie stalls: A comparison of draft versus light mares

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 78, Issue 2-4, 2002, Pages 125-143

  Flannigan, G ^a,b   Stookey, J M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b Carolina Veterinary Specialists   (United States)

Author keywords

Horse; Housing; Stereotypies; Time budget

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY PATTERN; BEHAVIOR;

EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS;

EID: 0037056580     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-1591(02)00085-0     Document Type: Article

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