ArticleAnimals : an open access journal from MDPI2021
Development and Validation of a Test for the Classification of Horses as Broken or Unbroken.
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- New approaches to selecting a scan-sampling method for chicken behavioral observations and their practical implications.Scientific reports · 2023Article
- Journeys, Journey Conditions, and Welfare Assessment of Broken (Handled) Horses on Arrival at Italian Slaughterhouses.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2022Article
- Validation of a behavior observation form for geese reared in agroforestry systems.Scientific reports · 2022Article
- Welfare of equidae during transport.EFSA journal. European Food Safety Authority · 2022Article
- Journeys, Journey Conditions, and Welfare Assessment of Unbroken (Unhandled) Horses on Arrival at a Slaughterhouse in Italy.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2022Article
- Unhandled horses classified with broken/unbroken test (BUT) exhibit longer avoidance, flight reactions, and displacement behaviors when approached by humans.Frontiers in veterinary science · 2022Article
- Effects of Reduced Space Allowance and Heat Stress on Behavior and Eye Temperature in Unweaned Lambs: A Pilot Study.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2021Article
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Abstract
Regulation EC 1/2005 has stricter rules for transportation of unbroken (untamed) vs. broken (tamed) horses, but does not provide adequate tools for their identification. This study aimed to develop and validate such a tool. A behavioural test (Broken/Unbroken Test (BUT)) based on approaching, haltering, and leading was applied to 100 horses. Physiological and additional behavioural data were also collected, and the horses' status (broken/unbroken) was assessed by the expert who administered the BUT. Each horse's behaviour during the BUT was scored by four trained observers blinded to the horse's history. The BUT score showed excellent inter-observer, intra-observer, and test-retest reliability (all intraclass correlation coefficients (ICCs) > 0.75). It was also negatively associated with respiratory rate, avoidance distance, and time needed to approach, halter, and lead the horse (
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