Effects of imprint training procedure at birth on the reactions of foals at age six months

Equine Veterinary Journal

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 127-132

  Williams, J L ^a   Friend, T H ^a   Collins, M N ^a   Toscano, M J ^a   Sisto Burt, A ^a   Nevill, C H ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Foal; Horse; Imprint training; Imprinting; Learning; Training

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIRTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEART RATE; HORSE; LEARNING; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; RANDOMIZATION; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE; TRAINING; AGE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MOTIVATION; OBJECT RELATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIALIZATION; TIME;

ANIMALIA; EQUUS CABALLUS;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BONDING, HUMAN-PET; FEMALE; HANDLING (PSYCHOLOGY); HORSES; HUMANS; IMPRINTING (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SOCIALIZATION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0037714051     PISSN: 04251644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2746/042516403776114126     Document Type: Article

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