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Do cows see the forest or the trees? A preliminary investigation of attentional scope as a potential indicator of emotional state in dairy cows housed with their calves

A positive mood in humans tends to broaden attentional scope while negative mood narrows it. A similar effect may be present in non-human animals; therefore, attentional scope may be a novel method to assess emotional states in livestock. In this proof-of-concept exploratory study, we examined the a...

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Autores principales: Neave, Heather W., Rault, Jean-Loup, Bateson, Melissa, Jensen, Emma Hvidtfeldt, Jensen, Margit Bak
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10568025/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37841478
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fvets.2023.1257055