Determination of equine behaviour in subjectively non-lame ridden sports horses and comparison with lame sports horses evaluated at competitions

S Dyson, D Pollard - Animals, 2024 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary The Ridden Horse Pain Ethogram (RHpE) comprising 24 behaviours was
developed to facilitate the identification of musculoskeletal pain. A RHpE score≥ 8/24 …

Introducing the Mellorater—The Five Domains Model in a Welfare Monitoring App for Animal Guardians

CL Wilkins, PD McGreevy, SM Cosh… - Animals: an Open …, 2024 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Simple Summary This article introduces an animal welfare monitoring app based on the
2020 Five Domains Model that considers how an animal's nutrition, environment, health …

Investigating the motivational priorities underlying equestrians' horse-kee** and training practices

KL Luke, A Rawluk, T McAdie, BP Smith… - Anthrozoös, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Many traditional horse kee** and training practices can result in poor horse welfare. To
assist reform and identify novel opportunities to facilitate improvements in horse welfare, this …

The easiest becomes the rule: Beliefs, knowledge and attitudes of equine practitioners and enthusiasts regarding horse welfare

LS Maurício, DP Leme, MJ Hötzel - Animals, 2024 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Good welfare is an emerging issue in the equestrian world, yet it is
essential for those wishing to remain in the field, especially with society's growing concerns …

Contested intangible heritage: equestrian sport and animal welfare in Mexico

C Monterrubio, K Dashper… - International Journal of …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Heritage is a cultural process that is constantly exposed to contestation and therefore to
reconstruction, resignification and repositioning. This paper goes beyond anthropocentric …

[HTML][HTML] Stress response of 18-, 24-and 30-month-old sport horse stallions to a pretraining programme

F Pilger, L Kroschel, J Aurich, C Nagel, G Hoffmann… - animal, 2024 - Elsevier
Warmblood sires traditionally have been presented for stallion licencing at 2 years of age,
but the age at which horses are mentally fit for training is a point of controversy. We have …

A Measurement Method for Body Parameters of Mongolian Horses Based on Deep Learning and Machine Vision

L Su, M Li, Y Zhang, Z Zong - Applied Sciences, 2024 - mdpi.com
The traditional manual methods for measuring Mongolian horse body parameters are not
very safe, have low levels of automation, and cannot effectively ensure animal welfare. This …

[HTML][HTML] The Role of European Equestrian Institutions in Training Professionals: Outcomes from a Workshop on Horse Welfare in Equestrian Education

GT Palmquist, NK Alveheim… - Animals: an Open …, 2025 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
This paper highlights and summarizes the experiences and perceptions of European
equestrian educational experts from a workshop held at the French National Riding School …

How well can you tell? Success of human categorisation of horse behavioural responses depicted in media

K Merkies, K Trudel - Animal Welfare, 2024 - cambridge.org
Horses employ a range of subtle to overt behaviours to communicate their current affective
state. Humans who are more cognisant of their own bodily sensations may be more attuned …

What is Welfare? A Qualitative Study into Perceptions of Equine Welfare of the Dutch Equestrian Community

IA Wolframm, FA Le Belle… - International Journal of …, 2024 - rasayely-journals.com
Equine welfare is an increasingly important topic in the Netherlands and abroad. While
existing literature broadly captures equine welfare concerns, research focused on Dutch …