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ArticleAnimals : an open access journal from MDPI2021

Interest in Humans: Comparisons between Riding School Lesson Equids and Assisted-Intervention Equids.

Noémie Lerch, Francesca Cirulli, Céline Rochais, Clémence Lesimple, Estelle Guilbaud, Laura Contalbrigo, Marta Borgi, Marine Grandgeorge, Martine Hausberger

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Article in Animals : an open access journal from MDPI, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
11citing papers in PubMed
2.3field-weighted citation impact, top 13% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

11 citing papers in PubMed, 15 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Noémie LerchUniversity Rennes, Normandie University, CNRS, EthoS (Éthologie animale et humaine)-UMR 6552, F-35380 Paimpont, France.ORCID 0000-0002-5017-0599
Francesca CirulliCenter for Behavioral Sciences and Mental Health, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Viale Regina Elena 299, I-00161 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-9440-1873
Céline RochaisUniversity Rennes, Normandie University, CNRS, EthoS (Éthologie animale et humaine)-UMR 6552, F-35380 Paimpont, France.ORCID 0000-0001-6159-0292
Clémence LesimpleUniversity Rennes, Normandie University, CNRS, EthoS (Éthologie animale et humaine)-UMR 6552, F-35380 Paimpont, France.ORCID 0000-0003-0664-1151
Estelle GuilbaudUniversity Rennes, Normandie University, CNRS, EthoS (Éthologie animale et humaine)-UMR 6552, F-35380 Paimpont, France.
Laura ContalbrigoItalian National Reference Centre for Animal Assisted Interventions, Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale delle Venezie, Viale Dell'Università 10, 35020 Legnaro (Padua), Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-2221-9970
Marta BorgiCenter for Behavioral Sciences and Mental Health, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Viale Regina Elena 299, I-00161 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-7496-6383
Marine GrandgeorgeUniversity Rennes, Normandie University, CNRS, EthoS (Éthologie animale et humaine)-UMR 6552, F-35380 Paimpont, France.ORCID 0000-0001-9742-7147
Martine HausbergerUniversity Rennes, Normandie University, CNRS, EthoS (Éthologie animale et humaine)-UMR 6552, F-35380 Paimpont, France.
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique · FRIstituto Superiore di Sanità · ITIstituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale delle Venezie · IT

Funding

Caisse Centrale de la Mutualité Sociale Agricole No grant numberFondation Adrienne et Pierre Sommer No grant numberIfce - Institut Français du Cheval et de l'Equitation IFCE contrat : CS_2018_18; CS_2017_32; CS_2015_01Région Bretagne ARED 20007248
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Little is known about the impact of equine-assisted interventions (EAI) on equids' perception of humans. In this study 172 equids, living in 12 riding centres, were submitted to a standardised human-horse relationship test: the motionless person test. Age, sex, type (horse/pony), housing, and feeding conditions of subjects were recorded. Overall, 17 equids worked in EAI, 95 in riding school lessons (RS), and 60 in both (EAI-RS). There were high inter-individual variations in the number of interactive behaviours directed towards the experimenter: negative binomial general linear models showed that activity was the most important factor: RS equids performed more interactive behaviours than EAI (

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animal-assisted interventionsapathyEquus caballushuman–horse relationshipindividual characteristics

Identifiers

PMID34573500
PMCPMC8468107
OpenAlexW3197110627

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