Challenge by a novel object does not impair the capacity of ewes and lambs selected for a nervous temperament to display early preference for each other

Animal Production Science

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 575-581

  Bickell, Samantha ^a   Nowak, Raymond ^b,c,d   Poindron, Pascal ^b,c,d   Chadwick, Aprille ^a   Ferguson, Drewe ^e   Blache, Dominique ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UMR85 PHYSIOLOGIE DE LA REPRODUCTION ET DES COMPORTEMENTS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE TOURS   (France)

^d Haras Nationaux   (France)

^e CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

fear; reactivity; recognition; sheep

Indexed keywords

NERVOUS SYSTEM; RECOGNITION; SHEEP;

OVIS ARIES;

EID: 79958130537     PISSN: 18360939     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/AN11009     Document Type: Article

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