Exploring the basis of divergent selection for 'temperament' in domestic sheep

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 109, Issue 2-4, 2008, Pages 261-274

  Beausoleil, Ngaio J ^a,c   Blache, Dominique ^b   Stafford, Kevin J ^a   Mellor, David J ^a,c   Noble, Alasdair D L ^a  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Cortisol; Fearful behaviour; Selection; Sheep; Social behaviour; Temperament

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; DOMESTIC SPECIES; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SELECTIVE BREEDING; SHEEP; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STEROID; VIGILANCE;

ANIMALIA; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 37349057924     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applanim.2007.03.013     Document Type: Article

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