Equine learning behaviour

Murphy, Jack; Arkins, Seán

doi:10.1016/j.beproc.2006.06.009

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“…Hence, subjects comprehended responding to the visual/auditory signals resulted in a reward, despite horse's innate tendency to attend primarily to spatial cues and previous reports of high incidences of laterality [8]. Consistent with reports of left-biases in males [24], in the absence of cues, geldings exhibited higher left-sidedness than mares.…”

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“…The capacity of equine breed types to respond to either auditory cues presented alone or simultaneous visual and auditory cues (combined cues) has not been investigated. The impact of presenting two cues that do not direct the animal to the same outcome (conflicting cues) may reduce the rate of correct responses, because in equine breed types, learning has previously been considered to be impaired by conflicting cues [8].…”

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Responses of Domestic Horses and Ponies to Single, Combined and Conflicting Visual and Auditory Cues

Prendergast

Nansen

Blache

2016

Journal of Equine Veterinary Science

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a b s t r a c t Domestic horses and ponies communicate using visual and auditory signals. It has been reported that equines can respond to visual cues in object-choice tests, but utilization of auditory cues, alone or associated with visual cues, has not be investigated. Effect of equine breed type in object-choice selection is unknown. Using object-choice tests, we investigated the hypotheses that breed types (1) can use both visual and auditory human-given cues; (2) that performance is enhanced when both visual and auditory cues are presented together to signal a baited bucket, compared with when a cue is presented singly; (3) that latency to make a choice increases and choice is random, when auditory and visual cues conflict; and (4) that ponies outperform horses. Irrespective of breed type, subjects were equally successful at using single visual, auditory, and combined cues (proportion of correct choices: visual 0.63 AE 0.047 [P ¼ .004], auditory 0.61 AE 0.045 [P ¼ .013], combined 0.64 AE 0.054 [P ¼ .007]). In contrast to our hypothesis, combining cues did not significantly improve the likelihood of correct choice. Ponies outperformed horses using visual cues (P ¼ .044). In conflicting cue tests, 70% of subjects responded randomly; the remainder preferentially responded to visual cues. Our study showed that horses and ponies can respond with equal proficiency to both visual and auditory cues, alone and combined; however, ponies outperformed horses using visual cues. Our results may be used to improve relationships between humans and equines, as we demonstrated the importance of engaging both visual and auditory modalities.

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Responses of Domestic Horses and Ponies to Single, Combined and Conflicting Visual and Auditory Cues

Prendergast

Nansen

Blache

2016

Journal of Equine Veterinary Science

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“…Incorrect use of punishment can affect the animal behavior, desensitizing the animal to the punishing stimulus and creating fearful associations (Mills, 1998). Non-associative and associative learning processes in the animals must be taken in account to be successful in handling and training (Murphy and Arkins, 2007). To know the animal learning abilities is important, to apply the rules of the "classical and operant conditioning method" for handling and training dromedary bulls, particularly during the breading season, when they become more aggressive and can be dangerous toward other males and humans.…”

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Male camel behavior and breeding management strategies: how to handle a camel bull during the breeding season?

Padalino

Monaco²,

Lacalandra

2015

Emir. J. Food Agric

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The present article reviews male camel behavior and breeding management strategies, providing an insight into the handling procedures and the most relevant welfare issues on these topics. Furthermore, it suggests some procedures for rearing, handling and collecting semen from camel bulls, based on results that have been achieved in the last twenty years and, recently, literature published with the aim of optimizing dromedary camel breeding. Camels are seasonal breeders and their breeding season (BS) is confined to the coolest winter months of the year; during the BS, also called "rutting period" or "rut", males exhibit morphological, behavioral and endocrinological peculiarities. Short breeding season, low libido and high aggressiveness are still some of the major cause of economic loss, poor reproductive performance and injuries, for camel breeding and industry. The application of ethology to approach, to train and to study camel bulls may be useful in the future to improve camel welfare and productive performances. Strong knowledge of animal learning and correct management procedure could be useful for camel technicians, owners, breeders, but also for veterinarians and others scientists.

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“…It is surprising, then, that comparatively little research has been done on the cognitive abilities of the horse, with nearly seven times less research done on horse cognition than on rat cognition (Cooper, 2007). The research that is available suggests that horses perform very successfully on a range of cognitive tasks including discriminative learning, memorization, and concept formation (Thomas, 1986;Murphy and Arkins, 2007;Hanggi and Ingersoll, 2009). As seen in the case of Clever Hans, horses demonstrate acute sensitivity to the actions and behaviours of other individuals, including humans (Pfungst, 1911;Hausberger et al, 2008;Lansade and Bouissou, 2008;Birke et al, 2011;Dorey et al, 2014a); yet many areas of horse cognition and learning remain unexplored (Cooper, 2007;Goodwin, 2007;Murphy and Arkins, 2007).…”

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Cognition and learning in horses (Equus caballus): What we know and why we should ask more

Brubaker

Udell

2016

Behavioural Processes

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Equine learning behaviour

Cited by 119 publications

References 83 publications

Responses of Domestic Horses and Ponies to Single, Combined and Conflicting Visual and Auditory Cues

Responses of Domestic Horses and Ponies to Single, Combined and Conflicting Visual and Auditory Cues

Male camel behavior and breeding management strategies: how to handle a camel bull during the breeding season?

Cognition and learning in horses (Equus caballus): What we know and why we should ask more

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