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Close encounters of the friendly kind: pacific between‐group interactions in primates
ABSTRACT While intergroup conflict features prominently in the behavioural ecology literature, its antonym, intergroup peace, has been a rather neglected phenomenon until recently. Neighbourly relations and affiliative interactions are far from uncommon.
Cyril C. Grueter, Luca Pozzi
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Cruelty and Tragedy: Cathartic Journey in Peter Shaffer's Equus
The concept of catharsis has evolved much since Aristotle defined it in Poetics as the purgation of feelings such as pity and fear caused by an imitation of a tragic action.
Sena Baltaoglu
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Recently collected fossil material in the Villafranchian locality of Sésklo, as well as a re-evaluation of a pre-existing, partly-published museum collection, allow the recognition of a lower faunal level in the locality, older than the main Equus ...
A. Athanassiou
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Is Paw Preference in Rats Influenced by Environmental Novelty?
This study aimed to investigate the effect of environmental novelty during adolescence and adulthood on the paw preference in rats. Therefore, rats experienced a regular enrichment change and were repeatedly tested for their paw preference. We found that a regular enrichment change did not alter their behavioural lateralisation.
Elena Groneberg+2 more
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Seasonal changes in energy expenditure, body temperature and activity patterns in llamas (Lama glama) [PDF]
The authors thank Knut Salzmann und Arne Oppermann for technical help and for taking care of the animals and Anna Stölzl for help with the administering of the ruminal unit of the telemetry system.
Arnold, Walter+8 more
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Summary The occurrence of Aural Plaques (AP) in horses, attributed to infection with Equus caballus Papillomavirus (EcPV), has become increasingly prevalent in equine breeding populations. Major challenges in managing this condition include genetic susceptibility to the virus, significant variability in individual immune responses among horses and the ...
E. Bastianetto+6 more
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Morphological variation in the attachment sites of the ligamentum lamina nuchae and ligamenta interspinalia to the 2nd to 7th cervical vertebrae is described in four species of Equus, and enthesis patterns in relation to these attachment sites are ...
Sharon May-Davis+2 more
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Cross-modal perception of human emotion in domestic horses (Equus caballus)
Humans have domesticated many kinds of animals in their history. Dogs and horses have particularly close relationships with humans as cooperative partners.
Kosuke Nakamura+2 more
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Quantitative Perspectives on Fifty Years of the Journal of the History of Biology [PDF]
Journal of the History of Biology provides a fifty-year long record for examining the evolution of the history of biology as a scholarly discipline. In this paper, we present a new dataset and preliminary quantitative analysis of the thematic content of ...
Bottino, Erin+3 more
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Objective assessment of acute pain in foals using a facial expression‐based pain scale
Abstract Background Pain assessment based on facial expressions has been described in foals. Objectives To extend previous pilot findings of the Equine Utrecht University Scale for Facial Assessment of Pain in Foals (EQUUS‐FAP FOAL). Study design Prospective blinded case–control study (known groups analysis).
Johannes P. A. M. van Loon+6 more
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