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Genetic parameter and breeding value estimation of donkeys' problem-focused coping styles.
Behavioural processes - 1 Aug 2018
Navas González Francisco Javier, Jordana Vidal Jordi, León Jurado José Manuel, Arando Arbulu Ander, McLean Amy Katherine, Delgado Bermejo Juan Vicente
Abstract excerpt
Donkeys are recognized therapy or leisure-riding animals. Anecdotal evidence has suggested that more reactive donkeys or those more easily engaging flight mechanisms tend to be easier to train compared to those displaying the natural donkey behaviour of fight. This context brings together the need to quantify such traits and to genetically select donkeys displaying a neutral reaction during training, because of...
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