Spring 2017 Journal Contents

RECENT SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH                                                                                                          

Dominance and leadership: useful concepts in human-horse interactions?                               

Evidence of heterospecific referential communication from domestic horses to humans.

Domestic horses send signals to humans when faced with an unsolvable task.                                       

Twitching in veterinary procedures: how does this technique subdue horses?                      

Preliminary evaluation of the effectiveness of varying doses of supplemental tryptophan as a calmative in horses.                                                                                  

COMMENTS ON PREVIOUS CONTRIBUTIONS                                                                              

Horses selecting herbs                                                                                      

Madame’s August misfortune                                                                                     

Discussion Topic Do horses self-medicate?                                                                                            

Horse-friendly riding                                                                                                     

Greg Glendell’s review of the BHS Manual of Equitation                              

Influential horse books                                                                                                                 

NEW CONTRIBUTIONS                                                                                                                            

At the foot of it all                                                                                                            

Further along than I thought                                                                                       

Getting through to Liesl                                                                                                

Equine communication and information gathering                                           

REVIEWS                                                                                                                                                           

Understanding Horse Performance                         

Animal welfare: domestic pets inquiry

This may be of interest!

http://www.parliament.uk/business/committees/committees-a-z/commons-select/environment-food-and-rural-affairs-committee/environment-food-and-rural-affairs-sub-committee/inquiries/parliament-2015/animal-welfare-domestic-15-16/