Long-term exposure to unpredictable and uncontrollable aversive events alters fearfulness in sheep

Numerous studies have investigated the emotional effects of various acute, potentially alarming events in animals, but little is known about how an accumulation of emotional experiences affects fearfulness. Fearfulness is a temperament trait that characterizes the propensity of an individual to be f...

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Main Authors: A. Destrez, V. Deiss, C. Leterrier, X. Boivin, A. Boissy
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2013-01-01
Series:Animal
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1751731112001796