Adults may be used to alleviate weaning stress in domestic foals (Equus caballus)

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 106, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 428-438

  Henry, Séverine ^a   Zanella, Adroaldo J ^b   Sankey, Carol ^a   Richard Yris, Marie Annick ^c   Marko, Amélie ^d   Hausberger, Martine ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

^d Syndicat d'élevage du Cheval Trait du Nord ^*  (France)

Author keywords

Abnormal behaviours; Horse; Social influence; Weaning; Welfare; Young adult interactions

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ABNORMAL BEHAVIOR; AGGRESSION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOMESTIC FOWL; FEEDING; FEMALE; GROOMING; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MASTICATION; NONHUMAN; PEER GROUP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALIVA LEVEL; SOCIAL STRESS; STANDING; SUCKING; VOCALIZATION; WEANING;

AGING; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, SUCKLING; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GROOMING; HORSES; HYDROCORTISONE; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; SALIVA; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL; WEANING;

EID: 84860565389     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: 1873507X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2012.02.025     Document Type: Article

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