Effects of predictability on the welfare of captive animals

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 102, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 223-245

  Bassett, Lois ^a   Buchanan Smith, Hannah M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Animal welfare; Control; Husbandry routines; Signalled predictability; Temporal predictability

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL WELFARE; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; CAPTIVE POPULATION; ECOPHYSIOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 33845645912     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applanim.2006.05.029     Document Type: Article

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