A note on the effect of daily exercise and paddock size on the behaviour of domestic horses (Equus caballus)

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 107, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 166-173

  Jørgensen, Grete Helen Meisfjord ^a   Bøe, Knut Egil ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

Behaviour; Exercise; Horse; Paddock size; Turnout

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; DOMESTIC SPECIES; HABITAT QUALITY; HORSE; SIZE EFFECT;

EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS;

EID: 34548462170     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applanim.2006.09.025     Document Type: Article

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