Friday, August 30, 2013

Grandin on Keeping Horses Calm During Handling

Thehorse.com - Full Article

By Stephanie L. Church, Editor-in-Chief
Aug 26, 2013

Paying attention to details is crucial when considering unusual equine behaviors, their causes, and how to manage them.

Case in point: A new addition to the Louisville, Ky., zoo’s zebra herd had been skittish and generally experiencing a tough time acclimating to his new home.

Temple Grandin, PhD, featured speaker at the 2013 American College of Theriogenology (ACT) Symposia and Conference, held in Louisville Aug. 7-10, stopped in at the zoo, observed, and asked some questions. She recognized that the zebra had reason for not relaxing: an adjacent lion exhibit.

"Only a certain zebra had trouble," Grandin explained to a veterinary audience in her Aug. 9 presentation, in which she emphasized the importance of factoring in such specifics when handling livestock. "There is individual difference in animal behavior. It was one particular zebra; he had lived in a much more wild (situation with) less human contact..."

Read more here:
http://www.thehorse.com/articles/32450/grandin-on-keeping-horses-calm-during-handling?utm_source=Newsletter&utm_medium=health-news&utm_campaign=08-27-2013

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