Stress-related behaviors among horses used in a therapeutic riding program

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 228, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 39-45

  Kaiser, Lana ^a,b   Heleski, Camie R ^a   Siegford, Janice ^a   Smith, Katharine Ann ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; EDUCATION PROGRAM; HORSE; NONHUMAN; RECREATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STRESS; THERAPEUTIC RIDING PROGRAM;

ADULT; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CHILD; DISABLED PERSONS; FEMALE; HORSES; HUMANS; MALE; MENTALLY DISABLED PERSONS; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; RECREATION; RISK FACTORS; STRESS;

ANIMALIA; EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS;

EID: 29844439242     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/javma.228.1.39     Document Type: Article

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