Effects on behaviour and rein tension on horses ridden with or without martingales and rein inserts

Veterinary Journal

Volumn 181, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 56-62

  Heleski, C R ^a   McGreevy, P D ^b   Kaiser, L J ^a   Lavagnino, M ^a   Tans, E ^a   Bello, N ^a   Clayton, H M ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Equitation science; Horse behaviour; Horse welfare; Martingales; Rein tension

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HORSEBACK RIDING; MALE; NONHUMAN; RANDOMIZATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; TENSION;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; HAND; HANDLING (PSYCHOLOGY); HORSES; HUMANS; MALE; POSTURE;

EQUIDAE;

EID: 67349283093     PISSN: 10900233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tvjl.2009.03.011     Document Type: Article

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