Behavioural fear and heart rate responses of horses after exposure to novel objects: Effects of habituation

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 131, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 104-109

  Leiner, Lisa ^a   Fendt, Markus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Avoidance; Behavioural test; Emotion; Fear; Flight; Habituation; Horse; Vocalization

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; FARM; FITNESS; FLIGHT; HABITUATION; HORSE; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; VOCALIZATION; WILD POPULATION;

ANIMALIA; EQUIDAE;

EID: 79953727224     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applanim.2011.02.004     Document Type: Article

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