Sheep exhibit a positive judgement bias and stress-induced hyperthermia following shearing

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 131, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 94-103

  Sanger, Maree E ^a,b   Doyle, Rebecca E ^a,b   Hinch, Geoff N ^b   Lee, Caroline ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Affective state; Animal welfare; Judgement bias; Shearing; Sheep; Stress induced hyperthermia

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL WELFARE; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; BLOOD; BODY TEMPERATURE; COGNITION; DECISION MAKING; DETECTION METHOD; LABORATORY METHOD; RISK PERCEPTION; SHEEP;

ANIMALIA; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 79953702515     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applanim.2011.02.001     Document Type: Article

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