The ethological and physiological characteristics of cribbing and weaving horses

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 109, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 68-76

  Clegg, Heather A ^a   Buckley, Petra ^a   Friend, Michael A ^a   McGreevy, Paul D ^b  

^a CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Digestion; Gut transit; Horse; Stereotypy; Stress

Indexed keywords

DIET; DIGESTIBILITY; HORMONE; HORSE; PHYSIOLOGY; PLASMA; STEREOTYPIC BEHAVIOR;

EQUIDAE; PLOCEINAE;

EID: 36649013665     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applanim.2007.02.001     Document Type: Article

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