The use of blended positive and negative reinforcement in shaping the halt response of horses (Equus caballus)

Animal Welfare

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 481-488

  Warren Smith, A K ^a,b   McGreevy, P D ^b  

^a CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Animal welfare; Behaviour; Equitation; Horse; Reinforcement; Training

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; AGE; ANALYSIS OF COVARIANCE; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL CARE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL WELFARE; ARTICLE; BREEDING LINE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENDER; HEART RATE; HORSE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PROBABILITY; TRAINING;

ANIMALIA; EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS;

EID: 35948947857     PISSN: 09627286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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