On the significance of adult play: What does social play tell us about adult horse welfare?

Naturwissenschaften

Volumn 99, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 291-302

  Hausberger, Martine ^a   Fureix, Carole ^a   Bourjade, Marie ^a,b   Wessel Robert, Sabine ^c   Richard Yris, Marie Annick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^c Laboratoire Deltavit   (France)

Author keywords

Animal welfare; Domestic horse; Social play; Stress indicators

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL WELFARE; DOMESTIC SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; HORSE; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL WELFARE; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HORSE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMAL WELFARE; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; FEMALE; HORSES; HUMANS; MALE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

ANIMALIA; EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS;

EID: 84863721443     PISSN: 00281042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00114-012-0902-8     Document Type: Article

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