Assessment of equine temperament questionnaire by comparing factor structure between two separate surveys

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 92, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 77-84

  Momozawa, Yukihide ^a   Kusunose, Ryo ^b   Kikusui, Takefumi ^a   Takeuchi, Yukari ^b   Mori, Yuji ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b EQUINE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Factor analysis; Horses; Questionnaires; Temperament

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALIA; EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS;

EID: 19544390703     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applanim.2004.11.006     Document Type: Article

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