A note on reaction to novel stimulus and restraint by therapeutic riding horses

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 97, Issue 2-4, 2006, Pages 335-342

  Minero, Michela ^a   Zucca, Daniela ^a   Canali, Elisabetta ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Behavioural indicators; Heart rate; Horse; Lymphocyte proliferation; Therapeutic riding

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; BLOOD; HORSE; STRESS;

ANIMALIA; EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS;

EID: 33645974313     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applanim.2005.07.004     Document Type: Article

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