Space availability influence laterality in donkeys (Equus asinus)

Behavioural Processes

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 63-66

  Zucca, Paolo ^a   Cerri, Francesco ^b   Carluccio, Augusto ^c   Baciadonna, Luigi ^d  

^a Zooantropology Unit   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TERAMO   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cerebral lateralization; Donkey; Equus asinus; Footedness; Welfare

Indexed keywords

AGE CLASS; ANIMAL WELFARE; BASELINE CONDITIONS; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; BRAIN; COGNITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HABITAT AVAILABILITY; LIGHT AVAILABILITY; NEUROLOGY; SPACE USE; UNGULATE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY; DONKEY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FORELIMB; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; LIGHT EXPOSURE; MALE; NONHUMAN; SPATIAL DISCRIMINATION; STRENGTH; VERTEBRATE;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CONFINED SPACES; ENVIRONMENT; EQUIDAE; FEMALE; FORELIMB; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; MALE; SPACE PERCEPTION;

ANIMALIA; EQUUS ASINUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 80051602187     PISSN: 03766357     EISSN: 18728308     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.beproc.2011.06.012     Document Type: Article

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