Effect of Selected Factors on Features of Short-Term Social Isolation of Horses: A Pilot Study

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Medycyna Weterynaryjna-Veterinary Medicine-Science and Practice Pub Date : 2023-01-01 DOI:10.21521/mw.6744

E. Jastrzębska, A. Wiśniewska, I. Wilk, T. Próchniak, I. Janczarek

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Abstract

This study analysed the effect of the sex of the horses as well as the type of their maintenance and use at the centre on the behavioural and physiological expression of short-term social isolation, which was assessed on the basis of heart and respiratory rates. A total of 27 clinically healthy horses were examined. The horses had social contact of various durations, were used with different regularity and were not equally accustomed to isolation. An isolation test was conducted. The heart and respiratory rates were measured at rest and after isolation, and the differences between the values were calculated. Moreover, points were assigned for the effect of isolation. The behaviour in subsequent stages of isolation was also observed. It was found that the sex of the horses, the period spent daily in the paddock in the herd, the regularity of use and habituation to staying in isolation can all be classified as factors that have no effect on the heart rate, respiratory rate or behaviour during short-term isolation. It was suggested that the resting respiratory rate and the effect of isolation could be classified as features that are potentially useful in assessing horses’ adaptability to short-term social isolation.

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选择因素对马短期社会隔离特征的影响:一项初步研究

这项研究分析了马的性别以及它们在中心的维护和使用类型对短期社会隔离的行为和生理表现的影响，这是根据心跳和呼吸速率进行评估的。对27匹临床健康马进行了检查。这些马的社会接触持续时间各不相同，使用的规律也各不相同，对隔离的习惯也不尽相同。进行了隔离试验。分别测量静息和隔离后的心率和呼吸频率，并计算两者之间的差异。此外，对隔离效果进行了打分。还观察了随后隔离阶段的行为。研究发现，马的性别、每天在马群围场中度过的时间、使用的规律性和对隔离的习惯都可以归类为在短期隔离期间对心率、呼吸频率或行为没有影响的因素。研究表明，静息呼吸率和隔离的影响可以被归类为评估马对短期社会隔离的适应性的潜在有用特征。

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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.