Separation from the dam causes negative judgement bias in dairy calves

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2014, Pages

  Daros, Rolnei R ^a,b   Costa, João H C ^a   Von Keyserlingk, Marina A G ^a   Hötzel, Maria J ^b   Weary, Daniel M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA CATARINA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE BIAS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTIONALITY; FEMALE; HOLSTEIN CATTLE; HUMAN; MALE; MATERNAL DEPRIVATION; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PESSIMISM; PUNISHMENT; TASK PERFORMANCE; ANIMAL; BOVINAE; COLOR VISION; DECISION MAKING; EMOTION; HEAT; HORN; INNERVATION; MOTHER; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PSYCHOLOGY; REWARD; SURGERY;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; COLOR PERCEPTION; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HORNS; HOT TEMPERATURE; JUDGMENT; MALE; MATERNAL DEPRIVATION; MOTHERS; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; REWARD;

EID: 84901359186     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0098429     Document Type: Article

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