A note on behavioural laterality in neonatal lambs

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 86, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 161-167

  Lane, Abi ^a   Phillips, Clive ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Laterality; Locomotion; Sheep; Symmetry

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR; SHEEP;

LAMB; MAMMALIA; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 1542351112     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applanim.2003.11.015     Document Type: Article

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