Cognitive sciences to relate ear postures to emotions in sheep

Animal Welfare

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 47-56

  Boissy, A ^a   Aubert, A ^a   Desire L ^b   Greiveldinger, L ^c   Delval, E ^a   Veissier, I ^a  

^a UMR1213 HERBIVORES   (France)

^b CETE Ouest   (France)

^c LABORATOIRE TIMC IMAG   (France)

Author keywords

Animal welfare; Behaviour; Cognition; Ear postures; Emotions; Sheep

Indexed keywords

ANGER; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL WELFARE; ARTICLE; EAR; EMOTION; ETHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; SHEEP;

ANIMALIA; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 79551700253     PISSN: 09627286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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