A note on the effects of a commercial tryptophan product on horse reactivity

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 107, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 361-366

  Malmkvist, Jens ^a   Christensen, Janne Winther ^a  

^a DANISH INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Behaviour; Equus caballus; Heart rate; l Tryptophan; Reactivity

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; FOOD; HABITUATION; HORSE;

EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS;

EID: 34948873221     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applanim.2006.10.004     Document Type: Article

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