Sensory sensitivities: Components of a horse's temperament dimension

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 114, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 534-553

  Lansade, Léa ^a   Pichard, Gaëlle ^a   Leconte, Mathilde ^a  

^a UMR85 PHYSIOLOGIE DE LA REPRODUCTION ET DES COMPORTEMENTS   (France)

Author keywords

Behavioural tests; Equus caballus; Horse; Sensory sensitivity; Temperament

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; BIOACOUSTICS; HORSE; ODOR; SENSORY SYSTEM;

CINNAMOMUM VERUM; EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS; LAVANDULA;

EID: 52949118491     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applanim.2008.02.012     Document Type: Article

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