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Towards a more objective assessment of equine personality using behavioural and physiological observations from performance test training
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Towards a more objective assessment of equine personality using behavioural and physiological observations from performance test training

UK von Borstel, S Pasing and Matthias Gauly
Applied Animal Behaviour Science, Vol.135(4), pp.277-285
135
31/12/2011
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.applanim.2011.10.007
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https://hdl.handle.net/10863/33964

Abstract

Behaviour Heart rate variability Horses Performance test Personality Riding
However, ethical implication of defining aversive behaviour such as head-tossing as an indicator of, for example, poor temperament, should not be neglected when devising new guidelines: such aversive behaviour may in fact be an indication of inadequate training echniques rather than poor horse personality. (C) 2011 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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