Behavior of untethered horses during vehicle transport

Journal of Equine Science

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 21-26

  Kusunose, Ryo ^a   Torikai, Kyoko ^b  

^a EQUINE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b NIHON UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Behavior; Horse; Transport

Indexed keywords

EID: 0343429200     PISSN: 13403516     EISSN: 13477501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1294/jes.7.21     Document Type: Article

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