Rescued goats at a sanctuary display positive mood after former neglect

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 146, Issue 1-4, 2013, Pages 45-55

  Briefer, Elodie F ^a   McElligott, Alan G ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Animal cognition; Animal welfare; Capra hircus; Cognitive bias; Emotions; Sex differences

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL WELFARE; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; COGNITION; GOAT; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALIA; CAPRA HIRCUS; MAMMALIA;

EID: 84878162223     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applanim.2013.03.007     Document Type: Article

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