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Is the left forelimb preference indicative of a stressful situation in horses?

M Siniscalchi¹, B Padalino², R Lusito², A Quaranta².

Abstract

Evidence for behavioural and brain lateralisation is now widespread among the animal kingdom; lateralisation of limb use (pawedness) occurs in several mammals including both feral and domestic horses. We investigated limb preferences in 14 Quarter Horse during different motor tasks (walking, stepping on and off a step, truck loading and unloading). Population lateralisation was observed in two tasks: horses preferentially used their left forelimb during truck loading and stepping off a step. The results also revealed that horses showed higher scores for anxious behaviours during truck loading suggesting that the use of the left forelimb in this task may reflect the main role of the right hemisphere in control of behaviour during stressful situation.

Entities: Species

Keywords: Animal welfare; Ethology; Horse; Limb preference; Physiology

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Year: 2014 PMID： 25108052 DOI： 10.1016/j.beproc.2014.07.018

Source DB: PubMed Journal: Behav Processes ISSN： 0376-6357 Impact factor: 1.777

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Is the left forelimb preference indicative of a stressful situation in horses?

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