Responses of horses in behavioural tests correlate with temperament assessed by riders

Equine Veterinary Journal

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 176-183

  Visser, E K ^a,b   Van Reenen, C G ^a   Rundgren, M ^c   Zetterqvist, M ^c   Morgan, K ^c   Blokhuis, H J ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Behavioural tests; Heart rate; Horse; Rating scores; Temperament

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FUNCTION TEST; HEART RATE; HORSE; HUMAN; LOCOMOTION; NONHUMAN; RATING SCALE; TEMPERAMENT; ADULT; ANIMAL; FEMALE; MALE; MOTIVATION; PERSONALITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ANIMALIA; EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS;

ADULT; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HANDLING (PSYCHOLOGY); HEART RATE; HORSES; HUMANS; MALE; PERSONALITY; TEMPERAMENT;

EID: 0037534977     PISSN: 04251644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2746/042516403776114108     Document Type: Article

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