Vet Behaviour Team,
We often use grimace scales in veterinary medicine which are an assessment of facial expression changes to determine if our…
We often use grimace scales in veterinary medicine which are an assessment of facial expression changes to determine if our…
🐴 Assessing pain in 🐎 horses is an essential skill for those who work in equine rehabilitation. Horses are naturally stoic…
If you'd like to learn more about equine pain and facial expressions, this article is incredible. It's long and research…
Researchers have been working to develop a facial expression ethogram to assess pain-related behaviour in ridden horses. http://j…
The Horse Grimace Scale. I think most of us who spend our lives with horses can look at their faces and see whether they are in…
Interesting couple of related articles
THE HORSE IN…
Illalla luennoin Mäntsälässä hevosten ilmeistä ja eleistä. Koska aina unohdan laittaa linkkilistan tutkimuksiin jälkikäteen, täss…
Fantastic paper on interpreting facial expression quantitatively!
How do we tell horses are in pain?
Eilen luennoin ensin opiskelijoille 6 tuntia hevosten käyttäytymisestä ja illalla oli taas vuorossa yhteisluento Anna Kilpeläisen…
An interesting concept. Using many of the facial expressions of the horse, a "grimace scale" has been created and evaluated as…
Horses can communicate through their facial expression.
Did you know that not only can horses grimace, but there's a scale to tell you the degree of pain the horse is in, based on his…
Did you know that not only can horses grimace, but there's a scale to tell you the degree of pain the horse is in, based on his…
You can tell when something's not right with your horse, but can you break down the actual changes in the expression you're…
The assessment of pain is critical for the welfare of horses, in particular when pain is induced by common management…
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Thanks for sharing The Unconventional Equestrian. I've read it a while ago but this is something to keep in mind all the time.
Assessment of pain in horses: I found it helpful to explore the recently-published Horse Grimace Scale as it gives us another…
For my horsey friends: assessing pain by horses' facial expression. http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal…
http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0092281
http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0092281
I believe that this is a very important piece of research. We have known for a long time that horse's facial expressions change…
I'm honestly not sure whether to take this seriously or laugh...but I suppose since it's coming from PLOS One they are indeed…
Very exciting...a horse grimace scale!
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New article on pain assessment in horses: worth a look at.
Interesting stuff
I think we knew this but still, thoughts?
Une echelle de la douleur pour le cheval, intéressant
Interesting research on grimacing as an indicator of pain in horses......for all my horsey pals.....maybe good lecture fodder…
The AWIN project is offering novel ways to assess pain and animal welfare!