Mother-young spatial association and its relation with proximity to a fence separating ewes and lambs during enforced weaning in hair sheep (Ovis aries)

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 108, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 81-88

  Galeana, Lucía ^a   Orihuela, Agustín ^a   Aguirre, Virginio ^a   Vázquez, Reyes ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DEL ESTADO DE MORELOS   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Mother young separation; Sheep; Stress; Weaning

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; SEPARATION; SHEEP; SIBLING; WEANING;

OVIS ARIES;

EID: 35548985827     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applanim.2006.10.016     Document Type: Article

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