Influence of Horse and Rider on Stress during Horse-riding Lesson Program
| Autor: | Ok-Deuk Kang, Young-Min Yun |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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| Zdroj: | Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences, Vol 29, Iss 6, Pp 895-900 (2016) |
| Druh dokumentu: | article |
| ISSN: | 1011-2367 1976-5517 |
| DOI: | 10.5713/ajas.15.1068 |
| Popis: | The present study aims to confirm the influence of a horse-riding lesson program (HRLP) on the stress level of horses and riders by respectively analyzing their salivary cortisol concentration. Twenty-four healthy horses and 23 riders participated in this study. The horses were randomly classified into two groups for the horse riding lesson program: Class 1 (for the beginner lesson) and Class 2 (for the intermediate lesson). The Class 1 group consisted of 12 horses and 12 riders, while the Class 2 group consisted of 12 horses and 11 riders. Salivettes cotton wool swabs were used for saliva collection and the saliva analyses were conducted using a two-way analysis of variance for repeated measures with SAS version 8. As for the results, the average salivary cortisol concentration of all horses before HRLP significantly increased compared to the baseline (p |
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