Do Lambs Perceive Regular Human Stroking as Pleasant? Behavior and Heart Rate Variability Analyses

Marjorie Coulon; Raymond Nowak; Julie Peyrat; Hervé Chandèze; Alain Boissy; Xavier Boivin

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0118617

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Do Lambs Perceive Regular Human Stroking as Pleasant? Behavior and Heart Rate Variability Analyses

Marjorie Coulon ,

* E-mail: marjoriecoulon82@yahoo.fr

Affiliations INRA, Unité Mixte de Recherche 1213 Herbivores, Site de Theix, 63122 Saint-Genès-Champanelle, France, Clermont Université, VetAgro Sup, Unité Mixte de Recherche Herbivores, BP 10448, 63000 Clermont-Ferrand, France
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Raymond Nowak,

Affiliations INRA, Unité Mixte de Recherche 85 Physiologie de la Reproduction et des Comportements, 37380 Nouzilly, France, CNRS, Unité Mixte de Recherche 7247, 37380 Nouzilly, France, Université François Rabelais de Tours, 37041 Tours, France, Institut Français du Cheval et de l’Equitation, 37380 Nouzilly, France
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Julie Peyrat,

Affiliations INRA, Unité Mixte de Recherche 1213 Herbivores, Site de Theix, 63122 Saint-Genès-Champanelle, France, Clermont Université, VetAgro Sup, Unité Mixte de Recherche Herbivores, BP 10448, 63000 Clermont-Ferrand, France
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Hervé Chandèze,

Affiliations INRA, Unité Mixte de Recherche 1213 Herbivores, Site de Theix, 63122 Saint-Genès-Champanelle, France, Clermont Université, VetAgro Sup, Unité Mixte de Recherche Herbivores, BP 10448, 63000 Clermont-Ferrand, France
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Alain Boissy,

Affiliations INRA, Unité Mixte de Recherche 1213 Herbivores, Site de Theix, 63122 Saint-Genès-Champanelle, France, Clermont Université, VetAgro Sup, Unité Mixte de Recherche Herbivores, BP 10448, 63000 Clermont-Ferrand, France
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Xavier Boivin

Affiliations INRA, Unité Mixte de Recherche 1213 Herbivores, Site de Theix, 63122 Saint-Genès-Champanelle, France, Clermont Université, VetAgro Sup, Unité Mixte de Recherche Herbivores, BP 10448, 63000 Clermont-Ferrand, France
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Do Lambs Perceive Regular Human Stroking as Pleasant? Behavior and Heart Rate Variability Analyses

Marjorie Coulon,
Raymond Nowak,
Julie Peyrat,
Hervé Chandèze,
Alain Boissy,
Xavier Boivin

Published: February 25, 2015
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0118617

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