By Janine Davies
The aim of this book is to create awareness of how to apply existing methodologies, new techniques and practices that enhance all aspects of equine behaviour and welfare. This will subsequently reduce arousal states and diminish flight and fight responses.
Table of Contents
- Section 1 – Managing the Equine Patient
- The Equine Patient
- – The Senses
- – Vision
- – Touch
- – Hearing
- – Smell
- – Taste
- Recognition of Pain
- – Pain Assessment
- – Pain Indicators
- – Facial Expressions of Pain
- Chemical Restraint
- – Neuroleptanalgesia
- – Multimodal Analgesia
- Physical Restraint
- – Examination Stocks
- – Lip Twitching
- Section 2 – Learning Theory
- How the Horse Learns
- – Social Learning
- – Operant Conditioning
- – Response Consolidation
- – Extinction
- – Classical Conditioning
- – Stimulus Control
- – Impact of Domestication
- Negative Reinforcement
- – Use of Negative Reinforcement
- – Negative Reinforcement Toolkit
- – How to Use Less Pressure
- – Application of Negative Reinforcement
- – Incorrect Application of Negative Reinforcement
- Positive Reinforcement
- – Positive Reinforcers
- – Clicker Training
- – Cautions on Positive Reinforcement
- Desensitisation Techniques
- – Systematic Desensitisation
- – Counterconditioning
- – Overshadowing
- – Approach Conditioning
- – Stimulus Blending
- Behaviour Modification
- – Guidelines for Behaviour Modification
- – Assessing the Current Situation
- – Assessing Individual Tendencies
- – Choosing Appropriate Strategies
- – Behaviour Modification in the Clinical Environment
- Section 3 – Applied Learning Theory in Equine Clinical Procedures
- Gaining Stimulus Control
- – Case Study: Helios
- Desensitisation to Clippers
- – Case Study: Helios
- Training Immobility
- – Case Study: Harold
- Head Control and Desensitisation of Related Structures
- – Case Study: Princess
- Overshadowing Technique
- – Case Study: Balio
- Counterconditioning to an Oral Syringe
- – Case Study: Castaño
- Desensitisation to a Rectal Thermometer
- – Case Study: Rocky
- Desensitisation to Bandage Material
- – Case Study: Rubio
- Further Reading
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