A note on a behavioural indicator of satisfaction in stabled horses

Ninomiya, Shigeru; Sato, Shusei; Kusunose, Ryo; Mitumasu, Takeshi; Obara, Yoshiaki

doi:10.1016/j.applanim.2006.06.011

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“…The prevalence of SB in Iranian riding institution was similar to the results of Nagy et al (2008), lower than those of McGreevy et al (1995b), and higher than those of Mills et al (2002). There was no difference between sexes, similar to the results of Mills et al (2002) and Ninomiya et al (2007a). Horses aged between 1 and 7 years showed more SB, suggesting that there may be more stressful events at this age including maturation, commencing exercise, breeding, etc.…”

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Factors associated with stereotypic behavior in Iranian stabled horses

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This study was undertaken to investigate factors associated with stereotypic behavior in stabled horses in Iran. We evaluated sex, age, breed, color, frequency of feeding in the day, social contact with other horses during stabling, and the design of stable. We divided the stable design into two groups: indoor stables and those where the horses had contact with the outside environment. No statistical relationship could be found between the factors examined and stereotypic behavior. However, we found trends relating age group (1-7 and >7 years), color (white and dun were overrepresented), breed (Thoroughbred and Arabian horses were over-represented), and daily feeding frequency (twice over-represented compared with three times). Horses with tactile contact with others showed less stereotypy than those that had no tactile contact with neighbors. This study suggested that the most important factors in the occurrence of stereotypic behavior are social interaction with other horses and frequency of feeding. Stereotypies appear to be related to management factors.

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Factors associated with stereotypic behavior in Iranian stabled horses

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“…When hay is available, horses are not inclined to explore their environment, resulting in less contact with the object. Indeed, exploratory behavior decreases when horses are more satisfied in terms of eating motivation (Ninomiya et al, 2007;Freire et al, 2009). Visser et al (2008 suggested that horses showing a high level of contact with the novel object were very restless and active in their stable.…”

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The use of different objects during a novel object test in stabled horses

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Journal of Veterinary Behavior

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a b s t r a c tNovel object tests are often used to evaluate a horse's temperament by recording fear responses toward an unfamiliar object, but they might also be used as a part of welfare assessment. Various objects are used during these tests. This study aims to verify the use of different objects during a novel object test performed in the horse's stall. To this end, 54 horses and 4 objects (red-white striped cone [RWCONE]; a red-yellow plastic ball [BALL]; a black open umbrella [UMBR]; black-yellow striped cone [BYCONE]) were selected. To verify associations between behavior during the novel object test and undisturbed behavior at stable, baseline behavior profiling (4 Â 10 minutes, spread over 4 days) was carried out. Thereafter, novel object tests were performed. Each object was presented for 10 minutes to the horses in their stalls, spread over 4 consecutive days. Each horse was exposed to the 4 objects in a semirandom order. The results reveal a higher frequency of object-related behavior in the presence of the umbrella (P ¼ 0.0005), which might be caused by the color and the size of the object. No differences in object-related behaviors were found between the 2 cones which were colored differently. The age of the horse must be taken into account, as younger horses showed more pronounced reactions to the objects. When feed is available, horses showed less contact with the object, as they are not inclined to explore their environment. Sniffing behavior toward the object positively correlates with specific features of housing (large stall, visual and physical contact with other horses). A higher frequency of fear reactions to the objects is associated with more vocalizations during undisturbed behavior observations, which might be indicative of stress. The results show that associations between behavior during the novel object test and behavior at stable were present. However, the presence of roughage influences the horse's reaction and should be taken into account. In this case, the focus should be on the presence of fear reactions, such as rearing, not approaching the object or defecating, to correctly determine the animal's welfare state.

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“…2003), was higher in group E Japanese black calves. It is known that the sleeping behavior is related to behavioral satisfaction (Ninomiya et al. 2007) and decreased levels of stress (Abou‐Ismail et al.…”

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Effects of ‘Five freedoms’ environmental enrichment on the welfare of calves reared indoors

Ninomiya

Sato

2009

Animal Science Journal

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We provided comfortable resting areas in pens and tools for self-grooming and suppressing aggressive behavior for environmental enrichment in Japanese black and Japanese Shorthorn calves. At the start of the experiment, the black calves (n = 10) were 164 days old and 138 kg in weight, and the Japanese Shorthorn calves (n = 10) were 176 days old and 164 kg in weight. Calves of each breed were divided into two groups (the enrichment group and the non-treatment group), and each group was housed in a 4 m x 7.2 m pen. The effect of enrichment on calf welfare was estimated on the basis of daily weight gain and behavior. The brush stimulated the grooming behavior in calves although the mean time of using the brush decreased during the experiment. The partition of the feed trough and the wooden wall in the pen decreased the agonistic behavior in Japanese Shorthorn calves (P < 0.01) and increased the affiliative behavior in Japanese black calves (P = 0.08). The cleanliness of the bedding increased sternum lying and lying with the head touching the flank or ground in Japanese black calves and decreased the standing resting behavior in both breeds (P < 0.05 in all the cases). However, the treatments did not have an effect on daily weight gain. We concluded that the treatments would improve the welfare of calves and function as environmental enrichments.

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A note on a behavioural indicator of satisfaction in stabled horses

Cited by 26 publications

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Factors associated with stereotypic behavior in Iranian stabled horses

Factors associated with stereotypic behavior in Iranian stabled horses

The use of different objects during a novel object test in stabled horses

Effects of ‘Five freedoms’ environmental enrichment on the welfare of calves reared indoors

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