Housing induced mood modulates reactions to emotional stimuli in sheep

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 136, Issue 2-4, 2012, Pages 146-155

  Reefmann, Nadine ^a,b,e   Muehlemann, Thomas ^a,c,d   Wechsler, Beat ^a   Gygax, Lorenz ^a  

^a AGROSCOPE RECKENHOLZ TÄNIKON RESEARCH STATION ART   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^e SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Ear postures; Emotion; Mood; Ovis; Physiology; Sheep

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; DATA SET; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GROOMING; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; PHYSIOLOGY; POSTURE; RESPIRATION; SHEEP;

ANIMALIA; OVIS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 84856121131     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applanim.2011.12.007     Document Type: Article

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