Effects of degree and timing of social housing on reversal learning and response to novel objects in dairy calves

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 8, 2015, Pages

  Meagher, Rebecca K ^a   Daros, Rolnei R ^a   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 HOUSING; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CALF (BOVINE); DAIRY CATTLE; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; LEARNING DISORDER; NONHUMAN; NOVEL OBJECT RECOGNITION TEST; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STARTLE REFLEX; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION; ANIMAL; FEMALE; LEARNING; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; FEMALE; HOUSING, ANIMAL; MALE; REVERSAL LEARNING;

EID: 84943164871     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0132828     Document Type: Article

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