Analyze Diet

Behavioural processes.

Periodical
Behavioral Sciences
Ethology
Publisher:
Elsevier Scientific Pub. Co.
Frequency: Twelve no. a year
Country: Netherlands
Language: English
Start Year:1976 -
ISSN:
0376-6357 (Print)
1872-8308 (Electronic)
0376-6357 (Linking)
Impact Factor
1.3
2022
NLM ID:7703854
(DNLM):B02680000(s)
(OCoLC):02497823
Coden:BPRODA
LCCN:77643118
Classification:W1 BE135F
Experimental tests to assess emotionality in horses.
Behavioural processes    September 1, 1997   Volume 40, Issue 3 209-221 doi: 10.1016/s0376-6357(97)00784-5
Wolff A, Hausberger M, Le Scolan N.Different tests were used to assess different aspects of the emotionality of 1-3 year-old horses: arena test; a `novel object' test; and a handling test. In reaction to the test situations no important differences were observed according to age or sex in the behaviour patterns, but clear individual differences were observed within these classes. The arena test seemed to reveal the degree of gregariousness of the animals whereas the results in the two other tests were correlated and seemed to reflect an inherent degree of fearfulness in the horse. Indices were developed that enabled to rank the...