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Plasma cortisol and faecal cortisol metabolites concentrations in stereotypic and non-stereotypic horses: do stereotypic horses cope better with poor environmental conditions?

BACKGROUND: Stereotypic behaviours, i.e. repetitive behaviours induced by frustration, repeated attempts to cope and/or brain dysfunction, are intriguing as they occur in a variety of domestic and captive species without any clear adaptive function. Among the different hypotheses, the coping hypothe...

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Autores principales: Fureix, Carole, Benhajali, Haïfa, Henry, Séverine, Bruchet, Anaelle, Prunier, Armelle, Ezzaouia, Mohammed, Coste, Caroline, Hausberger, Martine, Palme, Rupert, Jego, Patrick
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3544618/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23289406
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1746-6148-9-3