Long-term exposure to unpredictable and uncontrollable aversive events alters fearfulness in sheep

Animal

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 476-484

  Destrez, A ^a   Deiss, V ^a   Leterrier, C ^b   Boivin, X ^a   Boissy, A ^a  

^a VETAGRO SUP   (France)

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

Author keywords

biomarkers; emotion; farm animal; fearfulness; sheep; stress

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEAR; FEMALE; HEART RATE; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MENTAL STRESS; MOTIVATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SHEEP; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; FEAR; FEMALE; HANDLING (PSYCHOLOGY); HEART RATE; HYDROCORTISONE; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; SHEEP; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84873817832     PISSN: 17517311     EISSN: 1751732X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1751731112001796     Document Type: Article

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