The short-term effects of increasing meal frequency on stereotypic behaviour of stabled horses

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 90, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 351-364

  Cooper, Jonathan J ^a   Mcall, Natalie ^a   Johnson, Sharon ^a   Davidson, H P B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LINCOLN   (United Kingdom)

^b WALTHAM CENTRE FOR PET NUTRITION   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Concentrate feeding; Meal frequency; Stabled horses; Stereotypic behaviour

Indexed keywords

FEEDING; HORSE;

EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS;

EID: 13744255859     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applanim.2004.08.005     Document Type: Article

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