Daily rhythms of activity in horses housed in different stabling conditions

Biological Rhythm Research

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 79-84

  Piccione, Giuseppe ^a,b   Costa, Anna ^a   Giannetto, Claudia ^a   Caola, Giovanni ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Circadian rhythms; Horses; Total locomotor activity

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY PATTERN; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; HABITAT QUALITY; HORSE; LOCOMOTION; PERIODICITY;

ACTIMETRY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL RHYTHM; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; FEMALE; HORSE; INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE; LIGHT DARK CYCLE; LOCOMOTION; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; STUDENT T TEST;

EQUIDAE;

EID: 37549067796     PISSN: 09291016     EISSN: 17444179     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09291010701324723     Document Type: Article

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