Possibilities of reducing fearfulness and stress in horses by prophylactic methods and behavioural therapies

IF 0.4 4区农林科学 Q4 VETERINARY SCIENCES

Medycyna Weterynaryjna-Veterinary Medicine-Science and Practice Pub Date : 2022-01-01 DOI:10.21521/mw.6690

M. Budzyńska, M. Jarosz, Joanna Kapustka

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Abstract

The aim of this review was to present the possibilities of minimizing fearfulness and stress in horses by various prophylactic and therapeutic methods. The teaching techniques mentioned in the article (imprint training, habituation, desensitization, counterconditioning) can be successfully used not only during the early development of human-horse interaction, but also during the therapeutic treatment of undesired and stereotypic behaviours. Horses’ activity in the paddock and/or stable can be increased by different types of environmental enrichment (feeding, social, sensory, occupational and physical enrichment). Such environmental variety has a positive influence on equine welfare and can prevent the development of problematic behaviour. Animals living in a highly enriched environment and properly interacting with humans react with lower intensity to environmental stimuli. All these factors have a positive effect on the quality of the human-horse relationship, making the everyday maintenance and use of horses easier and safer.

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通过预防方法和行为疗法减少马的恐惧和压力的可能性

本综述的目的是通过各种预防和治疗方法来减少马的恐惧和压力的可能性。文章中提到的教学技巧(印记训练、习惯化、脱敏、对抗条件反射)不仅可以成功地用于人马互动的早期发展，也可以用于治疗不良行为和刻板印象行为。马在围场和/或马厩中的活动可以通过不同类型的环境富集(喂养、社会、感官、职业和身体富集)来增加。这样的环境多样性对马的福利有积极的影响，可以防止问题行为的发展。生活在高度丰富的环境中并与人类适当互动的动物对环境刺激的反应强度较低。所有这些因素都对人马关系的质量产生了积极的影响，使马的日常维护和使用更加容易和安全。

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Medycyna Weterynaryjna-Veterinary Medicine-Science and Practice VETERINARY SCIENCES-

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期刊介绍： "Medycyna Weterynaryjna" publishes various types of articles which are grouped in the following editorial categories: reviews, original studies, scientific and professional problems, the history of veterinary medicine, posthumous memoirs, as well as chronicles that briefly relate scientific advances and developments in the veterinary profession and medicine. The most important are the first two categories, which are published with short summaries in English. Moreover, from 2001 the editors of "Medycyna Weterynaryjna", bearing in mind market demands, has also started publishing entire works in English. Since 2008 the periodical has appeared in an electronic version. The following are available in this version: summaries of studies published from 1999 to 2005, full versions of all the studies published in the years 2006-2011 (in pdf files), and full versions of the English studies published in the current year (pdf). Only summaries of the remaining studies from the current year are available. In accordance with the principles accepted by the editors, the full versions of these texts will not be made available until next year. All articles are evaluated twice by leading Polish scientists and professionals before they are considered for publication. For years now "Medycyna Weterynaryjna" has maintained a high standard thanks to this system. The review articles are actually succinct monographs dealing with specific scientific and professional problems that are based on the most recent findings. Original works have a particular value, since they present research carried out in Polish and international scientific centers.