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Author Anderson, M.K.; Friend, T.H.; Evans, J.W.; Bushong, D.M.
Title Behavioral assessment of horses in therapeutic riding programs Type Journal Article
Year 1999 Publication Applied Animal Behaviour Science Abbreviated Journal Appl. Anim. Behav. Sci.
Volume 63 Issue 1 Pages 11-24
Keywords Horses; Therapeutic riding; Temperament; Cortisol; Catecholamines
Abstract (down) A behavioral assessment of horses who were being used and not used in therapeutic riding programs was conducted to help determine useful methods of selecting horses for use in therapeutic riding programs. A total of 103 horses (76 horses from five therapeutic riding centers and 27 non-therapeutic riding horses from four sites) were used. Temperament survey for each horse were completed by three riding instructors at each therapeutic riding center or by the individual most knowledgeable about the horse at the other sites. Twenty personality traits from the survey were used to quantify temperament. Concentrations of plasma cortisol, norepinephrine and epinephrine were also measured in each horse. A reactivity test was then conducted which involved introducing three novel stimuli: a walking and vocalizing toy pig placed on a cardboard surface in front of the horse for 20 s; popping a balloon near the horse's flank area; and suddenly opening an umbrella and holding it open in front of the horse for 20 s. Reactions (expressions, vocalizations and movement) to each of the stimuli were scored and used to calculate an average reactivity score for each horse. The therapeutic riding instructors did not often agree on the temperament of their center's horses. The personality trait ratings made by the therapeutic riding instructors at each center were on average significantly correlated (P<0.01, r>0.52) for only 37.8% of the horses for any two instructors and 7.8% for three instructors. No significant correlations were found between temperament, reactivity, and the hormone concentrations (r<0.19), but regression analysis indicated a possibility of predicting temperament from the reactivity score and hormone concentrations (P<0.08). There was also a tendency for relationships between extremes in temperament (desirable vs. undesirable) and the hormone concentrations (P<0.09), and between extremes in reactivity (low vs. high) and the hormone concentrations (P=0.08). The difference in ratings among riding instructors indicates a need for more collaboration between instructors when evaluating horse temperament. This study also indicates that it was very difficult to objectively determine the suitability of horses for therapeutic riding programs regarding their temperament and reactivity, probably because other traits (e.g., smoothness of gait) are also considered very important.
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Call Number Equine Behaviour @ team @ Serial 4812
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Author de Waal, F.B.
Title Cultural primatology comes of age Type Journal Article
Year 1999 Publication Nature Abbreviated Journal Nature
Volume 399 Issue 6737 Pages 635-636
Keywords Animals; *Behavior, Animal; *Culture; Humans; Pan troglodytes/*physiology
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Author Sara J. Shettleworth
Title Female mate choice in swordtails and mollies: symmetry assessment or Weber's law? Type Journal Article
Year 1999 Publication Animal Behaviour. Abbreviated Journal Anim. Behav.
Volume 58 Issue 5 Pages 1139-1142
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Author Czaran, T.
Title Game theory and evolutionary ecology: Evolutionary Games & Population Dynamics by J. Hofbauer and K. Sigmund, and Game Theory & Animal Behaviour, edited by L.A. Dugatkin and H.K. Reeve Type Journal Article
Year 1999 Publication Trends in Ecology & Evolution Abbreviated Journal Trends. Ecol. Evol
Volume 14 Issue 6 Pages 246-247
Keywords Game theory; Evolutionary ecology; Population dynamics; Ethology
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Author Kolter, L.; Schach,C.; Weber, T.
Title Habitat use of feral and Przewalski's horses Type Journal Article
Year 1999 Publication Natur- und Kulturlandschaft Abbreviated Journal
Volume 3 Issue 332-342 Pages
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Call Number Equine Behaviour @ team @ Serial 2333
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Author Á. Miklósi
Title The Evolution of Cognition Type Journal Article
Year 1999 Publication Animal Cognition Abbreviated Journal Anim. Cogn.
Volume 2 Issue 3 Pages 179-180
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Publisher Place of Publication Editor Heyes, C.; Huber, L.
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Call Number Equine Behaviour @ team @ Serial 3247
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Author Griffiths D.; Dickinson A.; Clayton N.
Title Episodic memory: what can animals remember about their past? Type Journal Article
Year 1999 Publication Trends in Cognitive Sciences Abbreviated Journal Trends. Cognit. Sci.
Volume 3 Issue Pages 74-80
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Author Hanggi, E.B.
Title Interocular transfer of learning In horses (Equus caballus) Type Journal Article
Year 1999 Publication Journal of Equine Veterinary Science Abbreviated Journal J Equine Vet Sci
Volume 19 Issue 8 Pages 518-524
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Call Number Equine Behaviour @ team @ Serial 3564
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Author Rendall, D.
Title Review of Machiavellian Intelligence II: Extensions and Evaluations Type Journal Article
Year 1999 Publication Ethology Abbreviated Journal Ethology
Volume 105 Issue 2 Pages 178-182
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Call Number Equine Behaviour @ team @ Serial 3998
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Author Wingfield, J. C.,; Ramenofsky, M.
Title Hormones and the behavioral ecology of stress. Type Book Chapter
Year 1999 Publication Stress physiology in animals. Abbreviated Journal
Volume Issue Pages 1-51
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Publisher Sheffield Academic Press Place of Publication Sheffield, United Kingdom Editor Balm, P. H. M.
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Call Number Equine Behaviour @ team @ Serial 4071
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