A Review of Equine Sleep: Implications for Equine Welfare [PDF]
Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 2022 Sleep is a significant biological requirement for all living mammals due to its restorative properties and its cognitive role in memory consolidation.
Linda Greening, Sebastian McBride
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Improving Equine Welfare through Human Habit Formation [PDF]
Animals, 2021 This paper explores the potential for interventions to develop pro-animal welfare habitual behaviours (PAWHBs) in people to improve the lives of animals.
Jo White, Ruth Sims
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Champing at the Bit for Improvements: A Review of Equine Welfare in Equestrian Sports in the United Kingdom [PDF]
Animals, 2022 Equestrian sports, including racing (e.g., flat, steeple-chasing, harness or donkey derby); show-jumping; cross-country; dressage; polo; polocrosse; endurance; carriage driving; vaulting and hunting; are hugely popular in the UK, and they involve a ...
Tim Q. Holmes, Ashleigh F. Brown
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COVID-19 impacts equine welfare: Policy implications for laminitis and obesity. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2021 The COVID-19 pandemic continues to impact human health and welfare on a global level. In March 2020, stringent national restrictions were enforced in the UK to protect public health and slow the spread of the SARS-CoV-2 virus. Restrictions were likely to
Ashley B Ward +8 more
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Activity Time Budgets—A Potential Tool to Monitor Equine Welfare? [PDF]
Animals, 2021 Horses’ behavior can provide valuable insight into their subjective state and is thus a good indicator of welfare. However, its complexity requires objective, quantifiable, and unambiguous evidence-based assessment criteria.
Ulrike Auer +3 more
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The structure and regulation of the Irish equine industries: Links to considerations of equine welfare [PDF]
Irish Veterinary Journal, 2008 The equine industries in Ireland are vibrant and growing. They are broadly classified into two sectors: Thoroughbred racing, and sports and leisure. This paper describes these sectors in terms of governance, education and training in equine welfare, and ...
Collins J, Hanlon A, More SJ, Duggan V
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An exploration of industry expert perception of Canadian equine welfare using a modified Delphi technique. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2018 The diversity of sectors that comprise the equine industry makes reaching a consensus regarding welfare issues a challenge. To allow for productive discussion, equine professionals (n = 34) chosen to represent the diverse specializations from across ...
Cordelie DuBois +3 more
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Improving working equine welfare in 'hard-win' situations, where gains are difficult, expensive or marginal. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2018 Brooke is a non-government organisation with working equine welfare programmes across Africa, Asia and Latin America. In 2014, staff from ten country programmes were asked to identify 'no-win' situations (subsequently reframed as 'hard-wins')-where ...
Joy Pritchard +2 more
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An Exploration of Industry Expert Perception of Equine Welfare Using Vignettes
Animals, 2017 As part of a larger Delphi survey project, equine professionals (n = 14) were presented with twelve short scenarios in which a horse’s welfare could be compromised.
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Welfare Assessment in Equine-Assisted Service (EAS) Horses. [PDF]
Animals (Basel)Equine-Assisted Service (EAS) horses can be exposed to stressors that affect their behavior and welfare. Previous studies investigated behavioral and physiological indicators (PI) only during therapy sessions. This study evaluated the frequency of stress and pain behaviors (FSPB) in horses with different riders, while assessing welfare through housing,
Carvalho Seabra J +3 more
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