Horses and Risk

• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Basel MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2022
• Subjects: Animals and society; Biology, life sciences; Research and information: general; accident; animal-human relationships; anxiety; attention; Australia; barriers; bedding material; behavior change; behaviour; behaviour change; cognitive error; context-specificity; costs; culture; deaths; decision-making vehicle; economic; education; enablers; eque-culture; equestrian; equestrians; equitation science; ethology; eventing; falls; fear; fireworks; helmet; horse; horse racing; horse stable; horse-racing; horse-related; horse-related accidents; horse-rider; horse-riding; horses; human-horse risk; human−animal relationships; human−horse relationships; hurdles; injury; injury prevention; insurance; jockey; journey duration; learning theory; management; media; mitigation; motivator; multiple regression analysis; online forum; peat; people; protective behavior; public debate; research; respiratory health; review; riders; risk; road safety; safety; safety equipment; season; self-reference; steeplechase; student; thoroughbred; transport; veterinary; web tool; WHS; wood shaving; workplace
• Online Access: Open Access: DOAB: description of the publication; Open Access: DOAB, download the publication
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (264 p.)
• ISBN: 9783036550459; 9783036550466; books978-3-0365-5045-9
• Access: Open Access

The risk of physical accident or injury to humans from horses is well understood. Now, there is increasing awareness of negative impacts on the physical and mental wellbeing of horses from living in fundamentally human environments and being subject to human management regimes. The 17 articles in this collection describe horse-related risks to humans and human-related risks to horses across a range of equestrian disciplines, sectors and activities. Not only do the authors take detailed approaches towards describing and calculating risk, they suggest solutions-focussed interventions for reducing the consequence and likelihood of harm to horses and humans in their relations with one another. Together, these important articles provide strategies for maximising the mutual benefits of humans and horses in each other's lives. By considering human, animal and environmental aspects of horse-related risk, this collection provides a foundation for the development of an 'Equestrian One Health' framework to underpin future research into horse-related risks.