Frequency of abnormal and stereotypic behaviors in urban police patrolling horses: a continuous 48-hour study

Background: Abnormal and stereotypic behaviors in horses have been widely studied around the world and different epidemiological situations have been described for behavioral disturbances. Objective: To determine the frequency of abnormal and stereotypic behaviors in a population of police patrollin...

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Autores principales:	Angélica M. Zuluaga, Alejandro Mira, José L. Sánchez, José R. Martínez A.
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Publicado:	Universidad de Antioquia 2018
Materias:	cortisol equine ethogram stress welfare Animal culture SF1-1100
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:59f84952675548cca9739f9ae45de7192021-12-01T19:43:12ZFrequency of abnormal and stereotypic behaviors in urban police patrolling horses: a continuous 48-hour study2256-295810.17533/udea.rccp.v31n1a03https://doaj.org/article/59f84952675548cca9739f9ae45de7192018-03-01T00:00:00Zhttps://revistas.udea.edu.co/index.php/rccp/article/view/328388https://doaj.org/toc/2256-2958Background: Abnormal and stereotypic behaviors in horses have been widely studied around the world and different epidemiological situations have been described for behavioral disturbances. Objective: To determine the frequency of abnormal and stereotypic behaviors in a population of police patrolling horses. Additionally, to establish chronic stress levels in the population of interest. Methods: Twenty police horses were evaluated. The animals went through 48 hours of continuous observation to record the frequency of normal, abnormal, and stereotypic behaviors. Cortisol index (CI) was calculated for all the subjects. Results: A 65% of the horses expressed behavioral disturbances, with 55% corresponding to stereotypies. The abnormal behaviors consisted on wood chewing, pawing, and bed eating. Stereotypic behaviors were weaving, stall walking, and aerophagia (crib-biting or wind sucking). According to the CI, 13 horses were under chronic stress (CI < 0.30). Conclusion: High level of chronic stress, expressed as abnormal and stereotypic behaviors, was observed in the horses.Angélica M. ZuluagaAlejandro MiraJosé L. SánchezJosé R. Martínez A.Universidad de AntioquiaarticlecortisolequineethogramstresswelfareAnimal cultureSF1-1100ENRevista Colombiana de Ciencias Pecuarias, Vol 31, Iss 1, Pp 17-25 (2018)
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spellingShingle	cortisol equine ethogram stress welfare Animal culture SF1-1100 Angélica M. Zuluaga Alejandro Mira José L. Sánchez José R. Martínez A. Frequency of abnormal and stereotypic behaviors in urban police patrolling horses: a continuous 48-hour study
description	Background: Abnormal and stereotypic behaviors in horses have been widely studied around the world and different epidemiological situations have been described for behavioral disturbances. Objective: To determine the frequency of abnormal and stereotypic behaviors in a population of police patrolling horses. Additionally, to establish chronic stress levels in the population of interest. Methods: Twenty police horses were evaluated. The animals went through 48 hours of continuous observation to record the frequency of normal, abnormal, and stereotypic behaviors. Cortisol index (CI) was calculated for all the subjects. Results: A 65% of the horses expressed behavioral disturbances, with 55% corresponding to stereotypies. The abnormal behaviors consisted on wood chewing, pawing, and bed eating. Stereotypic behaviors were weaving, stall walking, and aerophagia (crib-biting or wind sucking). According to the CI, 13 horses were under chronic stress (CI < 0.30). Conclusion: High level of chronic stress, expressed as abnormal and stereotypic behaviors, was observed in the horses.
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author	Angélica M. Zuluaga Alejandro Mira José L. Sánchez José R. Martínez A.
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title	Frequency of abnormal and stereotypic behaviors in urban police patrolling horses: a continuous 48-hour study
title_short	Frequency of abnormal and stereotypic behaviors in urban police patrolling horses: a continuous 48-hour study
title_full	Frequency of abnormal and stereotypic behaviors in urban police patrolling horses: a continuous 48-hour study
title_fullStr	Frequency of abnormal and stereotypic behaviors in urban police patrolling horses: a continuous 48-hour study
title_full_unstemmed	Frequency of abnormal and stereotypic behaviors in urban police patrolling horses: a continuous 48-hour study
title_sort	frequency of abnormal and stereotypic behaviors in urban police patrolling horses: a continuous 48-hour study
publisher	Universidad de Antioquia
publishDate	2018
url	https://doaj.org/article/59f84952675548cca9739f9ae45de719
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Frequency of abnormal and stereotypic behaviors in urban police patrolling horses: a continuous 48-hour study

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