About the Authors
- Haifa Benhajali
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Affiliations UMR CNRS 6552 Ethologie Animale et Humaine, Université de Rennes I, Rennes, France, Haras national de Sidi Thabet, Sidi Thabet, Tunisia
- Mohammed Ezzaouia
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Affiliation Haras national de Sidi Thabet, Sidi Thabet, Tunisia
- Christophe Lunel
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Affiliation UMR CNRS 6552 Ethologie Animale et Humaine, Université de Rennes I, Rennes, France
- Faouzia Charfi
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Affiliation Unité de Biologie Animale et de Systématique Evolutive, Université Tunis-ElManar, Campus universitaire, Tunis, Tunisia
- Martine Hausberger
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* E-mail: martine.hausberger@univ-rennes1.fr
Affiliation UMR CNRS 6552 Ethologie Animale et Humaine, Université de Rennes I, Rennes, France
Competing Interests
The “Haras National of Sidi Thabet” made its horses available for the present study but had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish or preparation of the manuscript. Dr Ezzaouia was affiliated to this company. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: HB MH. Performed the experiments: HB ME FC. Analyzed the data: HB CL MH. Wrote the paper: HB MH.