Sunday, April 06, 2014

Recognizing Pain on a Horse's Face

Thehorse.com - Full Article

By Michelle N. Anderson, TheHorse.com Digital Managing Editor
Apr 01, 2014

Humans, other primates, and even dogs share a common feature: We express ourselves, including our physical pain, through our faces. Horses, maybe not so much. At least not in a way researchers have quantified until recently.

To investigate, researchers in Italy, Germany, and the United Kingdom worked together to develop and test a standardized pain scale based on equine facial expressions...

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