Seasonal variations in daily rhythms of activity in athletic horses

Animal

Volumn 2, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1055-1060

  Bertolucci, C ^a   Giannetto, C ^b   Fazio, F ^b   Piccione, G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Activity; Daily rhythm; Equus caballus; Feeding; Seasonal

Indexed keywords

EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS;

EID: 44949167729     PISSN: 17517311     EISSN: 1751732X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1751731108002267     Document Type: Article

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