The use of mirrors for the control of stereotypic weaving behaviour in the stabled horse

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 78, Issue 2-4, 2002, Pages 159-173

  McAfee, Lynn M ^a   Mills, Daniel S ^a   Cooper, Jonathan J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LINCOLN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Horse; Housing; Mirror; Stereotypy; Weaving

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL WELFARE; BEHAVIOR;

EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS; PLOCEINAE;

EID: 0037056806     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-1591(02)00086-2     Document Type: Article

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