Consistency of emotional reactivity assessment results obtained in different behavioural tests

Kozak, Agnieszka; Zięba, G.; Tietze, M.; Rozempolska-Rucińska, Iwona

doi:10.1016/j.applanim.2018.05.013

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“…Approximately three quarters of the studies in the present review used physiological measurements to explore the effect of the HHIs. Heart rate (HR) data was obtained in 27 studies [37][38][39][40][42][43][44][45][46][47][48][49][50][51][52][53][54][55][56][57][58]. Of these studies, 23 used the Polar HR monitor on horses alone, while 2 studies used the Polar HR monitor on horses and humans [38,45].…”

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The Effect of Human–Horse Interactions on Equine Behaviour, Physiology, and Welfare: A Scoping Review

Kelly

McDuffee²,

Mears

2021

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Human–horse interactions (HHIs) are diverse and prominent in the equine industry. Stakeholders have an invested interest in making sure that HHIs are humane. Assessment of equine welfare goes beyond physical health and includes assessment of the emotional state of the animal. HHIs can have a permanent effect on human–horse relationships, thereby influencing welfare. Therefore, an understanding of the horse’s affective state during HHIs is necessary. A scoping review was conducted to: (1) map current practices related to the measurement of HHIs; (2) explore the known effects of HHIs on horse behaviour and physiology; and (3) clarify the connection between HHIs and equine welfare. A total of 45 articles were included in this review. Studies that used both physiological and behavioural measures of equine response to human interactions accounted for 42% of the included studies. A further 31% exclusively used physiological measures and 27% used behavioural observation. Current evidence of equine welfare during HHIs is minimal and largely based on the absence of a negative affective state during imposed interactions. Broadening the scope of methods to evaluate a positive affective state and standardization of methodology to assess these states would improve the overall understanding of the horse’s welfare during HHIs.

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“…A total of 2 studies used a portable electrocardiogram (ECG) for collecting HR data [51,59] from horses. Of studies that collected HR data, 11 reported HR alone [37,38,40,42,44,45,49,50,[54][55][56]60] and 9 reported HR and heart rate variability (HRV) measures [39,43,47,48,52,53,[57][58][59][61][62][63][64].…”

Section: Physiological Measuresmentioning

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The Effect of Human–Horse Interactions on Equine Behaviour, Physiology, and Welfare: A Scoping Review

Kelly

McDuffee²,

Mears

2021

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“…A reatividade pode ser definida como a reação do animal expressa através do comportamento, sendo ela quem determina a intensidade do comportamento e se o animal se aproxima ou evita estímulos ou situações. Esse conceito pode ser muito amplo, compreendendo muitas características de temperamento (OLOSSO, 2008;KOZAK et al, 2018).…”

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“…Com isso, é possível identificar e classificar o temperamento do animal, se o animal apresenta um temperamento calmo ou não. A grande vantagem de usar testes comportamentais é que podem ser realizados de forma padronizada (LANSADE et al, 2013;LESIMPLE et al, 2010;KOZAK et al, 2018). Os testes comportamentais mais utilizados mundialmente são: o teste da ponte (ou teste do manuseio), teste humano passivo, teste humano ativo e o teste de novo objeto (OLSSON, 2008;VISSER et al, 2008).…”

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“…O estudo da reatividade classifica o animal de acordo com o seu nível de reação à exposição a diferentes estímulos. Através disto, é possível identificar os aspectos do temperamento como ansiedade, medo, docilidade e a capacidade de aprendizado do animal (ELLIOT;EDER;HARMAN-JONES, 2018;KOZAK et al, 2018).A reatividade estuda a reação comportamental dos animais, diferenciando-se do temperamento, que utiliza o comportamento para a avaliar os aspectos tantos psicológicos, como os emocionais do animal; portanto, como a reatividade compõe o temperamento ambos refletem os aspectos emocionais do animal(LLOYD et al, 2007;SIH, et al, 2015).Um dos aspectos que compõe a personalidade é o temperamento do animal e através da sua avaliação é obtido um conjunto de informação mentais que define o perfil do animal possibilitando verificar os aspectos da personalidade do animal, como extroversão (CASPI; ROBERTS; SHINER, 2005). A diferença entre o temperamento e personalidade a ser destacada é que o temperamento é mais estável sendo fortemente influenciado pela genética do animal; já a personalidade é variável, apresentando alterações em qualquer estágio da vida e pelas experiências adquiridas ao logo da vida do animal.…”

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Efeito da raça sobre a reatividade de cavalos policiais

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Does social motivation mitigate fear caused by a sudden sound in horses?

2023

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Living in a herd has multiple advantages for social species and is a primary survival strategy for prey. The presence of conspecifics, identified as a social buffer, may mitigate the individual stress response. Social isolation is, therefore, particularly stressful for horses, which are gregarious animals. However, they are not equally vulnerable to separation from the group. We tested whether more and less socially dependent horses and independent individuals would differ in their responses to novel and sudden sounds occurring in two contexts: non-social and social motivation. Twenty warmblood horses were first exposed to two social tests: to evaluate the level of social dependence (rate of restless behaviour; social isolation) and the quantity and the quality of interactions in which they were involved (stay on a paddock). Two fear audio tests were then performed to compare the responses to sudden sounds while feeding (non-social motivation; control trial) and while moving towards the herd (social motivation; experimental trial). Socially dependent horses showed more pronounced avoidance behaviour and needed much more time to resume feeding during the control trial. Hence, dependent individuals appeared to be more fearful. However, during an experimental trial, horses of both groups tended to ignore the sound or paid only limited attention to the stimulus, continuing to move forward towards their conspecifics. Thus, social motivation may mitigate fear caused by a frightening stimulus and make fearful and dependent horses more prone to face a potentially stressful event. This finding should be taken into account in horse training and management.

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Consistency of emotional reactivity assessment results obtained in different behavioural tests

Cited by 10 publications

References 27 publications

The Effect of Human–Horse Interactions on Equine Behaviour, Physiology, and Welfare: A Scoping Review

The Effect of Human–Horse Interactions on Equine Behaviour, Physiology, and Welfare: A Scoping Review

Efeito da raça sobre a reatividade de cavalos policiais

Does social motivation mitigate fear caused by a sudden sound in horses?

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