Discrimination between conspecific odour samples in the horse (Equus caballus)

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 126, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 37-44

  Hothersall, Becky ^a   Harris, Patricia ^b   Sörtoft, Lotta ^c   Nicol, Christine J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b WALTHAM CENTRE FOR PET NUTRITION   (United Kingdom)

^c HARTPURY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Faeces; Horse; Olfaction; Social discrimination; Urine

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; CONSPECIFIC; FECES; HABITUATION; HORSE; ODOR; OLFACTION; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTIVE STATUS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TESTING METHOD; URINE; VARIANCE ANALYSIS;

EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS;

EID: 77954657875     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applanim.2010.05.002     Document Type: Article

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