PubMed · 42010
Treatment of fear-induced aggression in a horse.
Abstract
Desensitization (gradually exposing an animal to a fear-inducing stimulus without evoking the fear response) and counter-conditioning (rewarding the animal for behavior incompatible with the fear response) are highly successful ways of eliminating or reducing fear responses and corresponding aggression.
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V L Voith. 1979. Treatment of fear-induced aggression in a horse.. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/42010/
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