A note on the effect of a palatable food reward on operant conditioning in horses

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 108, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 342-347

  Ninomiya, Shigeru ^a   Mitsumasu, Takeshi ^b   Aoyama, Masato ^b   Kusunose, Ryo ^c  

^a TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b UTSUNOMIYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c EQUINE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Food reward; Horses; Operant conditioning; Palatability

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; CONDITIONING; HORSE; PALATABILITY;

EQUIDAE; PHLEUM PRATENSE;

EID: 36049041703     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applanim.2007.02.010     Document Type: Article

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