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Behavioural expression of positive anticipation for food or opportunity to play in lambs

Anticipatory behaviours may serve a useful tool in studying positive emotional states in animals. This study aimed to investigate if lambs express anticipatory behaviours for opportunities to play or a food reward and if these behaviours would differ depending on...

Year Published: 2015Topics: Emotion, Pain, & Sentience, Natural BehaviorAnimal Type: Sheep

Citation: Anderson, C., Yngvesson, J., Boissy, A. et al. 2015. Behavioural expression of positive anticipation for food or opportunity to play in lambs. Behavioural Processes 113, 152-158.

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