Behavioral and physiological responses of guide dogs to a situation of emotional distress

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 90, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 648-655

  Fallani, Gaia ^a   Prato Previde, Emanuela ^b   Valsecchi, Paola ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Attachment; Behavior; Guide dogs; Heart rate; Strange Situation Test

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FEMALE; HEART CONTRACTION; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TELEMETRY;

EID: 33847310947     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2006.12.001     Document Type: Article

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