Influence of various early human-foal interferences on subsequent human-foal relationship

Developmental Psychobiology

Volumn 48, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 712-718

  Henry, S ^a   Richard Yris, M A ^a   Hausberger, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

Author keywords

Early experience; Foal; Handling; Horse; Human animal relationship

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL CARE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; FEMALE; FOAL; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; REWARD; TOUCH;

ANIMALIA; EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS; UNGULATA;

EID: 33845595270     PISSN: 00121630     EISSN: 10982302     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dev.20189     Document Type: Article

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