Relationships between behaviour and health in working horses, donkeys, and mules in developing countries

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 126, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 109-118

  Burn, Charlotte C ^a   Dennison, Tania L ^b   Whay, Helen R ^c  

^a ROYAL VETERINARY COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^b Brooke Hospital for Animals   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Animal welfare; Developing countries; Equine; Human animal relationships; Inactivity; Sickness behaviour

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL WELFARE; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; BODY CONDITION; DEVELOPING WORLD; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; MAMMAL; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ANIMALIA; EQUIDAE; EQUUS ASINUS;

EID: 77955841601     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applanim.2010.06.007     Document Type: Article

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