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Horse welfare: A joint assessment of four categories of behavioural indicators using the AWIN protocol, scan sampling and surveys

dc.rights.licenseopenen_US
dc.contributor.authorRUET, Alice
dc.contributor.authorARNOULD, Cecile
dc.contributor.authorLEMARCHAND, Julie
dc.contributor.authorPARIAS, Celine
dc.contributor.authorMACH, Nuria
hal.structure.identifierNutrition et Neurobiologie intégrée [NutriNeuro]
dc.contributor.authorMOISAN, Marie Pierre
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hal.structure.identifierNutrition et Neurobiologie intégrée [NutriNeuro]
dc.contributor.authorFOURY, Aline
dc.contributor.authorBRIANT, Christine
dc.contributor.authorLANSADE, Lea
dc.date.accessioned2023-06-05T09:43:29Z
dc.date.available2023-06-05T09:43:29Z
dc.date.issued2023-01-01
dc.identifier.issn0962-7286, 2054-1538en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://oskar-bordeaux.fr/handle/20.500.12278/182478
dc.description.abstractEnDomesticated horses (Equus caballus) can be exposed to a compromised welfare state and detecting a deterioration in welfare is essential to modify the animals’ living conditions appropriately. This study focused on four categories of behavioural indicators, as markers of poor welfare: stereotypies, aggressiveness towards humans, unresponsiveness to the environment and hypervigilance. In the scientific literature, at least three assessment methods can be used to evaluate them: the Animal Welfare Indicators (AWIN) protocol, behavioural observations using scans and surveys. The question remains as to whether all these three methods allow an effective assessment of the four categories of behavioural indicators. To address this issue, the repeatability at a three-month interval and convergent validity of each measure (correlations between methods) were investigated on 202 horses housed in loose boxes. Overall, the repeatability and convergent validity were limited, highlighting the difficulty in assessing these indicators in horses. However, stereotypies and aggressiveness measures showed higher repeatability and convergent validity than those of unresponsiveness to the environment and hypervigilance. Behavioural observations using scans enabled the four categories of behavioural indicators to be detected more effectively. Suggestions of improvements are proposed for one-off measures such as those performed with the AWIN protocol. Regardless of the assessment method, very limited correlations were observed between the four categories of behavioural indicators, suggesting that they should all be included in a set of indicators used to assess the welfare state of horses, in conjunction with physiological and health measures.
dc.language.isoENen_US
dc.subject.enaggressiveness
dc.subject.enanimal welfare
dc.subject.enanimal-based measure
dc.subject.enequine welfare assessment
dc.subject.enindividual housing
dc.subject.enstereotypies
dc.title.enHorse welfare: A joint assessment of four categories of behavioural indicators using the AWIN protocol, scan sampling and surveys
dc.typeArticle de revueen_US
dc.identifier.doi10.7120/09627286.31.3.008en_US
dc.subject.halSciences du Vivant [q-bio]/Neurosciences [q-bio.NC]en_US
bordeaux.journalAnimal Welfare Journalen_US
bordeaux.page455-466en_US
bordeaux.volume31en_US
bordeaux.hal.laboratoriesNutriNeuro (Laboratoire de Nutrition et Neurobiologie Intégrée) - UMR 1286en_US
bordeaux.issue4en_US
bordeaux.institutionUniversité de Bordeauxen_US
bordeaux.institutionINRAEen_US
bordeaux.peerReviewedouien_US
bordeaux.inpressnonen_US
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