Responses of horses in behavioural tests correlate with temperament assessed by riders
| Autor: | M. Rundgren, Harry J. Blokhuis, C.G. van Reenen, M. Zetterqvist, Karin Morgan, E.K Visser |
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| Rok vydání: | 2010 |
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Male media_common.quotation_subject Research Institute for Animal Husbandry Handling Psychological Heart Rate Heart rate situations Animals Humans Heart rate variability Personality Horses Temperament Praktijkonderzoek Veehouderij media_common individual-differences Behavior Animal Novelty General Medicine Management Test (assessment) Warmblood Data Interpretation Statistical Trait heart-rate-variability Female Psychology ID - Dier en Omgeving Clinical psychology |
| Zdroj: | Equine Veterinary Journal, 35(2), 176-183 Equine Veterinary Journal 35 (2003) 2 |
| ISSN: | 2042-3306 0425-1644 |
| DOI: | 10.2746/042516403776114108 |
| Popis: | Summary Reasons for performing study: Behavioural tests as well as observers' ratings have been used to study horses' temperament. However, the relationship between the ratings and the responses in behavioural tests has not yet been studied in detail. Objectives: The aim of the present study was to examine this relationship between ratings and responses. Methods: Eighteen mature Swedish Warmblood horses were subjected to 2 behavioural tests, one relating to novelty (novel object test) and one to handling (handling test). Subsequently, 16 of these horses were ridden by 16 equally experienced students, having no former experience with the horses. Immediately after each ride, the students scored the horse for10 temperamental traits using a line rating method. Results: It was shown that for each temperamental trait all 16 riders agreed on the ranking of the horses (0.212 |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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