A note on the consistency and specificity of lambs' responses to a stockperson and to their photograph in an arena test

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 98, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 308-314

  Tallet, Céline ^a   Veissier, Isabelle ^a   Boivin, Xavier ^a  

^a UMR1213 HERBIVORES   (France)

Author keywords

Behavioural trait; Discrimination; Domestic sheep; Human animal relationship; Perception; Visual cues

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; LOCOMOTION; MAMMAL; PERCEPTION; PHOTOGRAPH; REARING;

ANIMALIA; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 33744498979     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applanim.2005.09.005     Document Type: Article

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