Formation and dissolution of the mare-foal bond

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 78, Issue 2-4, 2002, Pages 319-328

  Houpt, Katherine Albro ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Foal; Horse; Maternal; Ontogeny; Separation

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR; MATERNAL CARE; PARENT-OFFSPRING INTERACTION;

EQUUS CABALLUS;

EID: 0037056663     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-1591(02)00111-9     Document Type: Article

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