ReviewAnimals : an open access journal from MDPI2022
Quality of Life within Horse Welfare Assessment Tools: Informing Decisions for Chronically Ill and Geriatric Horses.
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- Anatomical Insights Into the Equine Cervical Intervertebral Foramina: Implications for Veterinary Practice.Anatomia, histologia, embryologia · 2026Article
- Development of a health-related quality-of-life assessment tool for equines with pituitary pars intermedia dysfunction.Equine veterinary journal · 2026Article
- Indicators of mortality risk in ageing horses.GeroScience · 2025Article
- A move in the right direction: Tracking the traceability of British Thoroughbreds outside of racing.PloS one · 2025Article
- "How long is life worth living for the horse?" A focus group study on how Austrian equine stakeholders assess quality of life for chronically ill or old horses.BMC veterinary research · 2024Article
- Development of an ultrasound-guided radiofrequency ablation technique in the equine cadaveric distal limb: histological findings and potential for treating chronic lameness.Frontiers in veterinary science · 2024Article
- Development of a novel primate welfare assessment tool for research macaques.Animal welfare (South Mimms, England) · 2024Article
- Quality-of-Life Assessments in Zoo Animals: Not Just for the Aged and Charismatic.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2023Review
- A Qualitative Exploration of UK Leisure Horse Owners' Perceptions of Equine Wellbeing.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2022Article
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Abstract
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. To our knowledge, there is no currently available QoL assessment tool for chronically ill or geriatric horses that assesses equine QoL defined as the horse's evaluation of their life. However, tools exist to assess equine welfare in different contexts. Hence, the aims of this study were to analyse how equine welfare, QoL, well-being and happiness assessment tools label, define and operationalise the concepts and to discuss the tools' suitability to assess equine QoL in the context of end-of-life decisions for chronically ill or geriatric horses. Fourteen articles were found through a systematic literature search, describing ten equine welfare assessment tools and one approach to integrating equine QoL in veterinary practice that suggests QoL assessment parameters. We discuss that some welfare assessment tools have the potential to support the development of a QoL assessment tool informing decisions towards the end of horses' lives if they are adjusted to focus on the horses' experiences, to provide an integration into an overall QoL grade and are tailored to chronically ill or geriatric horses.
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