A note on a behavioural indicator of satisfaction in stabled horses

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 106, Issue 1-3, 2007, Pages 184-189

  Ninomiya, Shigeru ^a   Sato, Shusuke ^b   Kusunose, Ryo ^c   Mitumasu, Takeshi ^d   Obara, Yoshiaki ^a  

^a TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c EQUINE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^d UTSUNOMIYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Animal welfare; Horses; Operant response; Satisfaction; Stable

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL WELFARE; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; HORSE; SLEEP;

ANIMALIA; EQUIDAE;

EID: 34347366180     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applanim.2006.06.011     Document Type: Article

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