Could posture reflect welfare state? A study using geometric morphometrics in riding school horses.

Despite the fact that animal posture is known to reflect emotional state, the presence of chronic postures associated with poor welfare has not been investigated with an objective tool for measuring, quantifying and comparing postures. The use of morphometric geometrics (GM) to describe horse postur...

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Main Authors: Emilie Sénèque, Clémence Lesimple, Stéphane Morisset, Martine Hausberger
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2019-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0211852