Cognitive enrichment in farm animals - The impact of social rank and social environment on learning behaviour of dwarf goats;Kognitive verhaltensanreicherung bei landwirtschaftlichen nutztieren - Zum einfluss des sozialen ranges und der sozialen umwelt auf das lernverhalten von zwergziegen

Berliner und Munchener Tierarztliche Wochenschrift

Volumn 120, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 89-97

  Baymann, Ulrike ^a   Langbein, Jan ^a   Siebert, Katrin ^a   Nürnberg, Gerd ^a   Manteuffel, Gerhard ^a   Mohr, Elmar ^b  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR FARM ANIMAL BIOLOGY FBN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROSTOCK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cognitive enrichment; Dwarf goat; Farm animal; Operant conditioning; Social rank; Visual discrimination

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; GOAT; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ANIMALS; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; GOATS; MALE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

ANIMALIA; CAPRA HIRCUS;

EID: 33947525274     PISSN: 00059366     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2376/0005-9366-120-89     Document Type: Article

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