Relationship between reluctance to eat novel foods and open-field behavior in sheep

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 96, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 276-281

  Villalba, Juan J ^a   Manteca, Xavier ^b   Provenza, Frederick D ^a  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Feed intake; Hyperthermia; Novel foods; Open field; Sheep; Stress

Indexed keywords

ALFALFA; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL FOOD; ANIMAL WELFARE; ARTICLE; BARLEY; BASAL BODY TEMPERATURE; FOOD INTAKE; HYPERTHERMIA; NONHUMAN; OPEN FIELD BEHAVIOR; PEA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM TEMPERATURE; SHEEP; STRESS; WHEAT BRAN;

ANIMALS; EATING; ENVIRONMENT; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEVER; SHEEP; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 58149494375     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2008.10.010     Document Type: Article

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