A note on the habituation to novelty in horses: Handler effect

Animal Science Papers and Reports

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 143-152

  Górecka, Aleksandra ^a   Bakuniak, Marta ^b   Chruszczewski, Michał H ^c   Jezierski, Tadeusz A ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GENETICS AND ANIMAL BREEDING   (Poland)

^b POZNA UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Poland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

Author keywords

Behaviour; Habituation; Heart rate; Horse; Human animal relationship

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; EQUIDAE;

EID: 41149124440     PISSN: 08604037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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