A note on the time budget and social behaviour of densely housed horses. A case study in Arab breeding mares

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 112, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 196-200

  Benhajali, Haifa ^a,c   Richard Yris, Marie Annick ^a   Leroux, Marine ^a   Ezzaouia, Mohammed ^b   Charfi, Faouzia ^c   Hausberger, Martine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

^b Haras national de Sidi Thabet   (Tunisia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TUNIS EL MANAR   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Behavioural repertoire; Density; Mare; Social behaviour; Time budget

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; BREEDING; HORSE; LOCOMOTION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STOCKING DENSITY; TIME ALLOCATION;

AFRICA; NORTH AFRICA; TUNISIA;

ANIMALIA; EQUIDAE;

EID: 42949107520     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applanim.2007.08.007     Document Type: Article

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