Visual discrimination by heifers (Bos taurus) of their own species

Journal of Comparative Psychology

Volumn 121, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 198-204

  Coulon, Marjorie ^a,b,c   Deputte, Bertrand L ^c   Heyman, Yvan ^d   Delatouce, Laurent ^e   Richard, Christophe ^e   Baudoin, Claude ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS 13   (France)

^b INRA Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS 13   (France)

^d Inra   (France)

^e INRA   (France)

Author keywords

Cattle Prim'Holstein; Instrumental conditioning; Species discrimination; Visual stimuli

Indexed keywords

EID: 34248998076     PISSN: 07357036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0735-7036.121.2.198     Document Type: Article

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