Horses - Psychology
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Saturday, November 21, 2009

Horse (Equus caballus) whinnies: a source of social information.

16 May 2009 Many animal species that rely mainly on calls to communicate produce individual acoustic structures, but we wondered whether individuals of species better known as visual communicants, with small vocal repertoires, would also exhibit individual ... Read more...

How equitation science can elucidate and refine horsemanship techniques.

23 Apr 2009 The long-held belief that human dominance and equine submission are key to successful training and that the horse must be taught to 'respect' the trainer infers that force is often used during training. Many horses respond by trialling unwelcome ... Read more...

Investigating horse-human interactions: the effect of a nervous human.

23 Apr 2009 The heart rates (HR) of horses and the people leading them (10 horses, 20 people), and riding them (17 horses, 17 people), were recorded in an indoor arena. The horses were Swedish leisure horses of mixed ages, sex and breed. All except two of the ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Horses - Psychology'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Horse (Equus caballus) whinnies: a source of social information. 16 May 2009
• Introduction. Equitation Science. 27 Apr 2009
• How equitation science can elucidate and refine horsemanship techniques. 23 Apr 2009
• Investigating horse-human interactions: the effect of a nervous human. 23 Apr 2009
• Horses (Equus caballus) select the greater of two quantities in small numerical contrasts. 21 Apr 2009
• Assessing equine prospective memory in a Y-maze apparatus. 21 Apr 2009
• How horses (Equus caballus) see the world: humans as significant "objects". 19 Apr 2009
• The horse-human dyad: can we align horse training and handling activities with the equid social ethogram? 15 Apr 2009
• SMART: Sensitivity models for animals in response to training. 15 Apr 2009
• Policy Delphi with vignette methodology as a tool to evaluate the perception of equine welfare. 15 Apr 2009
• Online detection of an emotional response of a horse during physical activity. 15 Apr 2009
• Exercise during training is associated with racing performance in Thoroughbreds. 15 Apr 2009
• Effects on behaviour and rein tension on horses ridden with or without martingales and rein inserts. 15 Apr 2009
• A comparison of sympathetic and conventional training methods on responses to initial horse training. 14 Apr 2009
• Socially dependent auditory laterality in domestic horses (Equus caballus). 11 Mar 2009
• Horses: sources for healing. 27 Feb 2009
• Long-term memory for categories and concepts in horses (Equus caballus). 14 Jan 2009
• Cross-modal individual recognition in domestic horses (Equus caballus). 13 Dec 2008
• Equine-facilitated psychotherapy with adult female survivors of abuse. 29 Nov 2008
• Unilateral and bilateral laparoscopic ovariectomy of mares by electrocautery. 4 Sep 2008

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Technical information about 'Horses'

Definition: Large, hoofed mammals of the family EQUIDAE. Horses are active day and night with most of the day spent seeking and consuming food. Feeding peaks occur in the early morning and late afternoon, and there are several daily periods of rest.

Descriptor UI: D006736

Alternative terms: Horses; Horse; Horse, Domestic; Domestic Horse; Domestic Horses; Horses, Domestic; Equus caballus; Equus przewalskii;

Allowable Qualifiers: abnormalities; anatomy & histology; blood; cerebrospinal fluid; classification; embryology; genetics; growth & development; immunology; injuries; metabolism; microbiology; parasitology; physiology; psychology; surgery; urine; virology;

Tree Number: B01.150.900.649.709.235.472;

Technical Notes: see X refs at EQUIDAE