Weaving in stabled horses and its relationship to other behavioural traits

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 106, Issue 1-3, 2007, Pages 134-143

  Ninomiya, Shigeru ^a   Sato, Shusuke ^a   Sugawara, Kazuo ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Abnormal behaviour; Appetitive behaviour; Frustration; Horses; Stereotypy; Weaving

Indexed keywords

FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD; HORSE; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR;

EQUIDAE;

EID: 34347354227     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applanim.2006.06.014     Document Type: Article

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