The effect of training schedule on learned tasks in yearling horses

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 78, Issue 2-4, 2002, Pages 225-233

  Kusunose, Ryo ^a   Yamanobe, Akira ^b  

^a EQUINE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b Japan Racing Association   (Japan)

Author keywords

Horse training; Learning; Starting; Training schedule

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR; LEARNING; TRAINING;

EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS;

EID: 0037056742     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-1591(02)00089-8     Document Type: Article

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