Exploring heifers' perception of 'positive' treatment through their motivation to pursue a retreated human

Animal Welfare

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 313-319

  Bertenshaw, Catherine E ^a   Rowlinson, P ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Animal welfare; Anthrozoology; Heifers; Human animal relationship; Positive treatment; Re approach test

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL CARE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL WELFARE; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; BRUSHING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAIRY CATTLE; ENVIRONMENTAL ENRICHMENT; FEAR; HEIFER; HUMAN ANIMAL RELATIONSHIP; HUMAN RELATION; MOTIVATION; NONHUMAN; PERCEPTION; PILOT STUDY; STROKING; THERAPY; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ANIMALIA; BOS;

EID: 49749107166     PISSN: 09627286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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