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Blink rate as a measure of stress and attention in the domestic horse (Equus caballus)

Measuring animal stress is fundamentally important for assessing animal emotional state and welfare. Conventional methods of quantifying stress (cortisol levels, heart rate/heart rate variability) require specialist equipment and are not instantly available. Spontaneous blink rate (SBR) has previous...

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Autores principales: Mott, Richard O., Hawthorne, Susan J., McBride, Sebastian D.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7722727/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33293559
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-78386-z