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SUBMITTER: Sigurjonsdottir H
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6356279 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Sigurjónsdóttir Hrefna H Haraldsson Hans H
Animals : an open access journal from MDPI 20190105 1
We explore how herd composition and management factors correlate with frequencies of social interactions in horse groups. Since the welfare of horses correlates with low aggression levels and social contact opportunities, information of this kind is important. The data are a collection of records of social interactions of 426 Icelandic horses in 20 groups of at least eight horses. The complexities and limitations of the data prohibit useful statistical modelling so the results are presented desc ...[more]