Survey of breeders' management of horses in Europe, North America and Australia: Comparison of factors associated with the development of abnormal behaviour

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 114, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 206-215

  Parker, Matthew ^a   Goodwin, Deborah ^a   Redhead, Edward S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Breeding; Horse behaviour; Management; Stereotypies; Survey; Weaning; Welfare

Indexed keywords

ABNORMALITY; ANIMAL WELFARE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FORAGE; HORSE; RISK FACTOR; SURVEY; WEANING;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTH AMERICA;

EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS;

EID: 51449101455     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applanim.2008.02.003     Document Type: Article

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