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Quality of Life within Horse Welfare Assessment Tools: Informing Decisions for Chronically Ill and Geriatric Horses

open access: yesAnimals, 2022
Equine Quality of Life (QoL) is an important concern in decision making in veterinary medicine and is especially relevant for chronically ill or geriatric horses towards the end of their lives.
Mariessa Long   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Determining a Welfare Prioritization for Horses Using a Delphi Method

open access: yesAnimals, 2020
Equine welfare issues are receiving increasing attention in the UK, but welfare problems can arise from a wide range of causes. In order to identify the most important welfare concerns for horses, we used a Delphi method with 19 equine welfare experts ...
Fiona C. Rioja-Lang   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Effect of Human–Horse Interactions on Equine Behaviour, Physiology, and Welfare: A Scoping Review

open access: yesAnimals, 2021
Human–horse interactions (HHIs) are diverse and prominent in the equine industry. Stakeholders have an invested interest in making sure that HHIs are humane.
Katherine Jennifer Kelly   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Equine Social Behaviour: Love, War and Tolerance

open access: yesAnimals, 2023
Sociality is an ethological need of horses that remained unchanged by domestication. Accordingly, it is essential to include horses’ social behavioural requirements and the opportunity to establish stable affiliative bonds in equine management systems ...
Laura Torres Borda   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Behavioral and cardiac responses in mature horses exposed to a novel object

open access: yesJournal of Animal Science and Technology, 2021
This study aimed to investigate whether breed, sex, and age affected temperament differently (more or less neophobic) in mature horses during a novel object test.
Kyung Eun Lee   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Triple-E Model: Advancing Equestrian Research with Perspectives from One Health

open access: yesAnimals, 2023
Equestrian sport has various welfare issues and educational needs. To address these complex interactions, we propose an integrated approach called the Triple-E Model, which focuses on the equine, equestrian, and environmental triad.
Michaela M. Keener, Kimberly I. Tumlin
doaj   +1 more source

Examining Canadian Equine Industry Participants’ Perceptions of Horses and Their Welfare

open access: yesAnimals, 2018
The diversity of the Canadian equine industry makes determining baseline attitudes and beliefs a challenge. Adult members of the Canadian equine industry (n = 901) participated in an online survey to report demographic information and views on the role ...
Cordelie DuBois   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Equine Welfare in England and Wales: Exploration of Stakeholders' Understanding [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of Applied Animal Welfare Science, 2016
Investigating how those responsible for the care of nonhuman animals understand the concept of animal welfare is important for animal welfare improvement. In-depth interviews with 31 equine stakeholders were used to explore their perceptions and understanding of welfare.
Horseman, Susan V   +5 more
openaire   +3 more sources

Racehorse welfare across a training season

open access: yesFrontiers in Veterinary Science, 2023
Racehorse welfare is gaining increasing public attention, however scientific evidence in this area is lacking. In order to develop a better understanding of racehorse welfare, it must be measured and monitored. This is the first study to assess racehorse
Rachel Annan   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Challenges of Using Horses for Practical Teaching Purposes in Veterinary Programmes

open access: yesAnimals, 2016
Students enrolled in veterinary degrees often come from an urban background with little previous experience in handling horses and other large animals.
Gabriella Gronqvist   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

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