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Journal article
Moving toward Fear-Free Husbandry and Veterinary Care for Horses
Animals (Basel), Vol.12(21), 2907
24/10/2022
PMCID: PMC9653666
PMID: 36359031
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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.
Details
- Title
- Moving toward Fear-Free Husbandry and Veterinary Care for Horses
- Creators
- Sharon L. Carroll - The University of QueenslandBenjamin W. Sykes - The University of QueenslandPaul C. Mills - The University of Queensland
- Publication Details
- Animals (Basel), Vol.12(21), 2907
- Publisher
- Mdpi
- Number of pages
- 17
- Identifiers
- 991013160051102368
- Copyright
- © 2022 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license.
- Academic Unit
- Faculty of Science and Engineering
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article