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      A critical review of fear tests used on cattle, pigs, sheep, poultry and horses

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      Physiology & Behavior
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          Fear is arguably the most commonly investigated emotion in domestic animals. In the current review we attempt to establish the level of repeatability and validity found for fear tests used on cattle, pigs, sheep and goats, poultry and horses. We focus the review on the three most common types of fear tests: the arena test (open field), the novel object test, and the restraint test. For some tests, e.g. tonic immobility in poultry, there is a good and broad literature on factors that affect the outcome of the test, the validity of the test and its age dependency. However, there are comparatively few of these well defined and validated tests and what is especially missing for most tests is information on the robustness, i.e., what aspects can be changed without affecting the validity of the tests. The relative absence of standardized tests hampers the development of applied ethology as a science.

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                Journal
                Physiology & Behavior
                Physiology & Behavior
                Elsevier BV
                00319384
                October 2007
                October 2007
                : 92
                : 3
                : 340-374
                Article
                10.1016/j.physbeh.2007.03.016
                18046784
                bc728454-8de2-40a5-a4cb-024b549107c7
                © 2007

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