Temperament in preweanling horses: Development of reactions to humans and novelty, and startle responses

Developmental Psychobiology

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 501-513

  Lansade, L ^a   Bouissou, M F ^a   Boivin, X ^b  

^a UMR85 PHYSIOLOGIE DE LA REPRODUCTION ET DES COMPORTEMENTS   (France)

^b UMR1213 HERBIVORES   (France)

Author keywords

Approach avoidance reactions; Equus caballus; Fearfulness; Foals; Horses; Novelty; Ontogeny; Reactions to humans; Startle response; Temperament

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; FEMALE; FISHER EXACT TEST; HORSE; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TEMPERAMENT; WEANING;

AGE FACTORS; AGING; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, SUCKLING; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEAR; FEMALE; HANDLING (PSYCHOLOGY); HORSES; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; STARTLE REACTION; TEMPERAMENT; TIME FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS;

EID: 34547464784     PISSN: 00121630     EISSN: 10982302     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dev.20233     Document Type: Article

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