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Behaviour of Foals before Weaning May Have Some Genetic Basis
Author(s) -
Wolff Anja,
Hausberger Martine
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
ethology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.739
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1439-0310
pISSN - 0179-1613
DOI - 10.1111/j.1439-0310.1994.tb00876.x
Subject(s) - foal , sire , biology , weaning , pasture , zoology , ecology , genetics
Abstract In this preliminary study on foal behaviour, 13 French saddlebred foals (2–3 mo old) and their dams were observed on pasture. The most important findings are the interindividual quantitative differences in foal behaviour patterns as well as in the amount of mainly foal‐initiated time spent at given distances from their mares. Interindividual differences seem in part due to a sire effect.