Temperament does not affect the overall establishment of mutual preference between the mother and her young in sheepmeasured in a choice test

Developmental Psychobiology

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 429-438

  Bickell, S L ^a   Nowak, R ^b,c,d   Poindron, P ^b,c,d   Sebe F ^a,b   Chadwick, A ^a   Ferguson, D ^e   Blache, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

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

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE TOURS   (France)

^d Haras Nationaux   (France)

^e CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Choice test; Ewe lamb bond; Open field test; Recognition; Sheep; Temperament

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; LAMB; LOCOMOTION; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; NERVOUSNESS; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL PERIOD; RECOGNITION; SHEEP; TEMPERAMENT;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SHEEP; TEMPERAMENT;

OVIS ARIES;

EID: 70349379731     PISSN: 00121630     EISSN: 10982302     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dev.20382     Document Type: Article

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