Equine Discomfort Ethogram

Agonistic ethogram of the equid bachelor band

An ethogram of agonistic and related behaviors among equid bachelor band members was developed. Several key English-language studies on equids were reviewed to derive a preliminary inventory of specific behaviors to be included in the ethogram. A bachelor band of domestic pony stallions pastured together was observed for approximately 50 daylight hours to obtain detailed descriptions of each be...

An Ethogram to Quantify Operating Room Behavior.

BACKGROUND The operating room (OR) is a highly social and hierarchical setting where interprofessional team members must work interdependently under pressure. Due primarily to methodological challenges, the social and behavioral sciences have had trouble offering insight into OR dynamics. PURPOSE We adopted a method from the field of ethology for observing and quantifying the interpersonal in...

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s European Veterinary Conference Voorjaarsdagen 2012 254 Reprinted in IVIS with the permission of the Organizers Close window to return to IVIS Proceedings of the European Veterinary Conference Voorjaarsdagen, 2012 Amsterdam, Netherlands C H A P T E R 7 Equine Programme This presentation will review the anatomy, common approaches and effects of analgesia performed in the equine foot.

Southern discomfort

The ice breaker and research vessel Polarstern, run by the Alfred Wegener Institute (AWI) on a busy schedule making the most of the summer season at each pole, is often involved in good causes, such as collecting data concerning the impact of climate change (see Curr. Biol. (2008) 18, R181). In January, however, she sailed straight into a row in which several NGOs and the German ministry of the...

Editorial: Discomfort