Heterospecific Fear and Avoidance Behaviour in Domestic Horses (<i>Equus caballus</i>)

Ridden horses have been reported to be fearful of cows. We tested whether cows could provoke behavioural and cardiac fear responses in horses, and whether these responses differ in magnitude to those shown to other potential dangers. Twenty horses were exposed to cow, a mobile object or no object. T...

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Autores principales:	Anna Wiśniewska, Iwona Janczarek, Izabela Wilk, Ewelina Tkaczyk, Martyna Mierzicka, Christina R. Stanley, Aleksandra Górecka-Bruzda
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Publicado:	MDPI AG 2021
Materias:	fear horse cattle avoidance heterospecific interaction sex differences Veterinary medicine SF600-1100 Zoology QL1-991
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:b2b141ec02054797878468336ab54bb22021-11-25T16:14:43ZHeterospecific Fear and Avoidance Behaviour in Domestic Horses (<i>Equus caballus</i>)10.3390/ani111130812076-2615https://doaj.org/article/b2b141ec02054797878468336ab54bb22021-10-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.mdpi.com/2076-2615/11/11/3081https://doaj.org/toc/2076-2615Ridden horses have been reported to be fearful of cows. We tested whether cows could provoke behavioural and cardiac fear responses in horses, and whether these responses differ in magnitude to those shown to other potential dangers. Twenty horses were exposed to cow, a mobile object or no object. The time spent at different distances from the stimulus was measured. In a separate test, heart rate (HR), root mean square of successive differences between heartbeats (RMSSD) and the horses’ perceived fear were assessed at various distances from the stimuli. The horses avoided the area nearest to all stimuli. During hand-leading, the cow elicited the highest HR and lowest RMSSD. Led horses’ responses to the cow and box were rated as more fearful as the distance to the stimulus decreased. Mares had a higher HR than geldings across all tests. HR positively correlated with the fearfulness rating at the furthest distance from the cow and box, and RMSSD negatively correlated with this rating in cow and control conditions. Our results show that these horses’ avoidance response to cows was similar or higher to that shown towards a novel moving object, demonstrating that potentially, both neophobia and heterospecific communication play a role in this reaction.Anna WiśniewskaIwona JanczarekIzabela WilkEwelina TkaczykMartyna MierzickaChristina R. StanleyAleksandra Górecka-BruzdaMDPI AGarticlefearhorsecattleavoidanceheterospecific interactionsex differencesVeterinary medicineSF600-1100ZoologyQL1-991ENAnimals, Vol 11, Iss 3081, p 3081 (2021)
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topic	fear horse cattle avoidance heterospecific interaction sex differences Veterinary medicine SF600-1100 Zoology QL1-991
spellingShingle	fear horse cattle avoidance heterospecific interaction sex differences Veterinary medicine SF600-1100 Zoology QL1-991 Anna Wiśniewska Iwona Janczarek Izabela Wilk Ewelina Tkaczyk Martyna Mierzicka Christina R. Stanley Aleksandra Górecka-Bruzda Heterospecific Fear and Avoidance Behaviour in Domestic Horses (<i>Equus caballus</i>)
description	Ridden horses have been reported to be fearful of cows. We tested whether cows could provoke behavioural and cardiac fear responses in horses, and whether these responses differ in magnitude to those shown to other potential dangers. Twenty horses were exposed to cow, a mobile object or no object. The time spent at different distances from the stimulus was measured. In a separate test, heart rate (HR), root mean square of successive differences between heartbeats (RMSSD) and the horses’ perceived fear were assessed at various distances from the stimuli. The horses avoided the area nearest to all stimuli. During hand-leading, the cow elicited the highest HR and lowest RMSSD. Led horses’ responses to the cow and box were rated as more fearful as the distance to the stimulus decreased. Mares had a higher HR than geldings across all tests. HR positively correlated with the fearfulness rating at the furthest distance from the cow and box, and RMSSD negatively correlated with this rating in cow and control conditions. Our results show that these horses’ avoidance response to cows was similar or higher to that shown towards a novel moving object, demonstrating that potentially, both neophobia and heterospecific communication play a role in this reaction.
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author	Anna Wiśniewska Iwona Janczarek Izabela Wilk Ewelina Tkaczyk Martyna Mierzicka Christina R. Stanley Aleksandra Górecka-Bruzda
author_facet	Anna Wiśniewska Iwona Janczarek Izabela Wilk Ewelina Tkaczyk Martyna Mierzicka Christina R. Stanley Aleksandra Górecka-Bruzda
author_sort	Anna Wiśniewska
title	Heterospecific Fear and Avoidance Behaviour in Domestic Horses (<i>Equus caballus</i>)
title_short	Heterospecific Fear and Avoidance Behaviour in Domestic Horses (<i>Equus caballus</i>)
title_full	Heterospecific Fear and Avoidance Behaviour in Domestic Horses (<i>Equus caballus</i>)
title_fullStr	Heterospecific Fear and Avoidance Behaviour in Domestic Horses (<i>Equus caballus</i>)
title_full_unstemmed	Heterospecific Fear and Avoidance Behaviour in Domestic Horses (<i>Equus caballus</i>)
title_sort	heterospecific fear and avoidance behaviour in domestic horses (<i>equus caballus</i>)
publisher	MDPI AG
publishDate	2021
url	https://doaj.org/article/b2b141ec02054797878468336ab54bb2
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Heterospecific Fear and Avoidance Behaviour in Domestic Horses (<i>Equus caballus</i>)

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