ReviewAnimals : an open access journal from MDPI2022
Moving toward Fear-Free Husbandry and Veterinary Care for Horses.
Review in Animals : an open access journal from MDPI, 2022. 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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- Efficacy and welfare effects of different forms of physical restraint for upper airway endoscopy of horses.Equine veterinary journal · 2026Article
- Opportunities for agency in domestic horses: Applying the behavioural domain to increase equine welfare.Animal welfare (South Mimms, England) · 2026Review
- Interspecies Relational Theory: A Framework for Compassionate Interspecies Interactions.Veterinary sciences · 2025Review
- Education and Licensing of Horse Owners: Addressing Poor Horse Welfare in the UK.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2025Review
- Rewilded horses in European nature conservation - a genetics, ethics, and welfare perspective.Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society · 2025Review
- 'Pretty devastating': exploring horse owner and veterinarian lived experiences of the equine Hendra virus.Frontiers in veterinary science · 2025Article
- Health and Welfare Benefits of Computerized Cognitive Enrichment in California Sea Lions (Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2024Article
- Assessment of ante mortem welfare indicators and the pathophysiology of captive-bolt trauma in equids at slaughter.Animal welfare (South Mimms, England) · 2024Article
- Handling and Training of Wild Animals: Evidence and Ethics-Based Approaches and Best Practices in the Modern Zoo.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2023Review
- Changing Hearts and Minds in the Equestrian World One Behaviour at a Time.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2023Review
- How equestrians conceptualise horse welfare: Does it facilitate or hinder change?Animal welfare (South Mimms, England) · 2023Article
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Abstract
Husbandry and veterinary procedures have the potential to generate fear and stress in animals. In horses, the associated responses can pose a significant safety risk to the human personnel involved in the procedure, as well as to the animal itself. Traditionally, physical restraint, punishment, and/or threat of an aversive, have been the most common strategies used to achieve compliance from the horse. However, from a welfare perspective, this is less than ideal. This approach also has the potential for creating a more dangerous response from the horse in future similar situations. When caring for companion animals, and captive animals within zoological facilities, there has been a steady transition away from this approach, and toward strategies aimed at reducing fear and stress during veterinary visits and when undertaking routine husbandry procedures. This review discusses the current approaches to horse care and training, the strategies being used in other animal sectors, and potential strategies for improving human safety, as well as the horse's experience, during husbandry and veterinary procedures.
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