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  1. Acquire and make easily accessible to zoo and aquarium professionals the current body of knowledge on animal welfare and ethics.
  2. Conduct and facilitate welfare assessments and applied welfare research on captive exotic animals.
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Cutting to the chase: How round-pen, lunging, and high-speed liberty work may compromise horse welfare

Authors: Kate Fenner, Andrew N. McLean, Paul D. McGreevy

Publication/Journal: Journal of Veterinary Behavior

Keywords: arousal level, chasing, equitation science, horse welfare, lunging, round-pen

2019

Reliability of a descriptive reference ethogram for equitation science

Authors: Marc Pierard, Paul McGreevy, Rony Geers

Publication/Journal: Journal of Veterinary Behavior

Keywords: equine, ethogram, structural behavioral definitions

2019

Indicators of stress in equitation

Authors: U. König v. Borstel, E. K. Visser, C. Hall

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: behaviour, cortisol, heart rate variability, horse, riding, stress

2017

Investigations Into Equine Transport-Related Problem Behaviors: Survey Results

Authors: B. Padalino, C. Henshall, S. L. Raidal, P. Knight, P. Celi, L. Jeffcott, G. Muscatello

Publication/Journal: Journal of Equine Veterinary Science

Keywords: australia, behavioral problems, equitation, horse, horses, injury, reinforcement, risk-factors, science, slaughter, stress, training, transportation, veterinary sciences, welfare

2017

The role of the ethogram in equitation science

Authors: Carol Hall, Camie Heleski

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: behaviour, equitation, ethogram, horse, ridden, welfare

2017

What we can measure, we can manage: The importance of using robust welfare indicators in Equitation Science

Authors: Natalie Waran, Hayley Randle

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: behavioural expression, happy horse, negative emotion, positive emotion, welfare indicators

2017

The effect of double bridles and jaw-clamping crank nosebands on temperature of eyes and facial skin of horses

Authors: Paul McGreevy, Amanda Warren-Smith, Yann Guisard

Publication/Journal: Journal of Veterinary Behavior: Clinical Applications and Research

Keywords: bridle, equitation science, horse welfare, jaw clamping, nosebands, vascular perfusion

2012

Reactivity to humans and fearfulness tests: Field validation in Polish Cold Blood Horses

Authors: Aleksandra Górecka-Bruzda, Ewa Jastrzebska, Zofia Sosnowska, Zbigniew Jaworski, Tadeusz Jezierski, Michal H. Chruszczewski

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: behavioural tests, cold blood horse, questionnaire, reactivity, temperament, validity

2011

The positive aspects of correct negative reinforcement

Authors: Andrew N. McLean

Publication/Journal: Anthrozoos

Keywords: behavior, conflict, equine, equitation, horse, negative reinforcement, positive reinforcement, training

2005

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