Interventions in social behaviour in a herd of mares and geldings

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 116, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 67-73

  VanDierendonck, Machteld C ^a,b   de Vries, Han ^b   Schilder, Matthijs B H ^a   Colenbrander, Ben ^b   Thorhallsdóttir, Anna Gudrun ^c   Sigurjónsdóttir, Hrefna ^d  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

Author keywords

Allogrooming; Geldings; Horses; Interventions; Mares; Play; Social network; Social relationships

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; HORSE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALIA; EQUIDAE;

EID: 57449103581     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applanim.2008.07.003     Document Type: Article

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