Lower learning abilities in stereotypic horses

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 107, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 299-306

  Hausberger, Martine ^a   Gautier, Emmanuel ^a   Müller, Christine ^a   Jego, Patrick ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Horses; Learning ability; Stereotypies

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; HORSE; LEARNING; STEREOTYPIC BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALIA; EQUIDAE;

EID: 35148874297     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applanim.2006.10.003     Document Type: Article

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