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The social lives of horses
Ethology
13/02/2021
- Socialising is one of the strongest natural instincts in horses: living a peaceful life in herds is the starting point of their well-being. Years of selective breeding have not changed this need in favour of life with humans: through selection, horses have been bred to be more docile (i.e. more inclined to be led), but this would have been impossible if they were forced to live outside of a herd. Everything in horses is oriented towards social life, even their brain, whose gyrification index is among the highest in mammals: according to scientists this is probably due to the high social complexity
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Well-being through the mind: ethological needs
Ethology
28/01/2021
- To guarantee that all horses live in a state of mental wellbeing, as well as physical, these three ethological needs of mutual grooming, play, and defending bonds with companions, must be met. You will have noticed that all these ethological needs imply the presence of a social group. A horse that lives isolated (whether in a loose box or a paddock) cannot play, cannot perform mutual grooming, and cannot form those affectionate bonds to be defended. Not even living in a pair, however much an improvement it might be over living in isolation, is ideal, because it is not a given that the two animals will like each other enough to be drawn to engaging in these behaviours with each other.
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Endurance
Equestrian sports
11/09/2019
- Endurance riding is an equestrian sport based on long-distance rides on different types of paths of 30 to 160km in length, depending on the category.
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Tortured horses, the videos of the investigation
Various
17/06/2019
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Resoconto convegno Foligno 13 maggio 2017
Popular feasts
19/06/2017
- Si è svolto il 13 maggio 2017, a Foligno, il convegno “Valutazione del rischio nelle manifestazioni popolari in cui vengono impiegati equidi”, organizzato dall’Ente Giostra Quintana di Foligno con il patrocinio del Ministero della Salute, della SIVE e della Federazione Italiana Giochi Storici.
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Benefici fiscali per le donazioni a IHP
Various
21/01/2015
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Equine Cushing’s Syndrome
Veterinary
05/04/2013
- When we talk about Cushing’s syndrome, we refer to a pathology better defined as Equine Pituitary Pars Intermedia Dysfunction (PPID). The pituitary gland is an endocrine gland located at the base of the brain, and it is part of a complex system of glands and organs and their products, that control many functions of our body. The Cushing’s dysfunction can be of the Pituitary Gland itself, but it could also originate from a dysfunction of many other parts of this complex system.
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The racing industry crisis, the closure of racetracks, and the failure of one system of exploiting horses
Horse racing
01/03/2013
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There is doping and doping
Popular feasts
28/11/2012
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Imprinting training for foals: if you know it, you avoid it
Ethology
28/11/2012
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