Influence of maternal undernutrition on the behaviour of juvenile lambs

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 116, Issue 2-4, 2009, Pages 191-197

  Simitzis, Panagiotis E ^a   Charismiadou, Maria A ^a   Kotsampasi, Basiliki ^a   Papadomichelakis, George ^a   Christopoulou, Eugenia P ^a   Papavlasopoulou, Eirini K ^a   Deligeorgis, Stelios G ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Approach latency; Escape behaviour; Heart rate; Jump; Lamb; Laterality; Novelty; Prenatal undernutrition; Vocalization

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; ESCAPE BEHAVIOR; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; JUVENILE; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PREGNANCY; SHEEP; VOCALIZATION;

OVIS ARIES;

EID: 57749104829     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applanim.2008.09.007     Document Type: Article

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