Effect of manual imitation of grooming on riding horses' heart rate in different environmental situations

Veterinary Research Communications

Volumn 27, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2003, Pages 615-617

  Normando, Simona ^a   Haverbeke, A ^b,d   Meers, L ^b   Odberg F O ^b   Ibanez Talegon M ^c   Bono, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NAMUR   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Allogrooming; Heart rate; Horse; Physiology

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GROOMING; HEART RATE; HIP; HORSE; NECK; NONHUMAN; SHOULDER;

ANIMALS; HANDLING (PSYCHOLOGY); HEART RATE; HORSES; HOUSING, ANIMAL; MALE; ORCHIECTOMY;

ANIMALIA; EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS;

EID: 0141625827     PISSN: 01657380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:VERC.0000014230.52006.df     Document Type: Article

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