What information might be in the facial expressions of ridden horses? Adaptation of behavioral research methodologies in a new field

Karina B. Gleerup; Pia H. Andersen; Jennifer Wathan

doi:10.1016/j.jveb.2017.12.002

What information might be in the facial expressions of ridden horses? Adaptation of behavioral research methodologies in a new field

Karina B. Gleerup, Pia H. Andersen, Jennifer Wathan

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Abstract

Horses being ridden when in pain is a welfare concern, which deserves investigation. Transfer of behavior-based pain evaluation systems developed for clinical science to ridden horses must be done with caution, since research methods specific for evaluation of pain in equitation science have not been validated. In this commentary piece, we present some concerns about the study designs of two recent studies evaluating facial expressions in ridden horses.

Original language	English
Journal	Journal of Veterinary Behavior - Clinical Applications and Research
Volume	23
Pages (from-to)	101-103
ISSN	1558-7878
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jveb.2017.12.002
Publication status	Published - 2018

Keywords

facial expressions
EquiFACS
pain face
ridden horses
lameness
equitation science

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What information might be in the facial expressions of ridden horses? Adaptation of behavioral research methodologies in a new field. / Gleerup, Karina B.; Andersen, Pia H.; Wathan, Jennifer.

In: Journal of Veterinary Behavior - Clinical Applications and Research, Vol. 23, 2018, p. 101-103.

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