Annotated Bibliography

Fureix, Carole, Patrick Jego, Sverine Henry, La Lansade, and Martine

Hausberger. "Towards an
Ethological Animal Model of Depression? A Study on Horses." PLoS ONE
7.6 (2012): n. pag. University of Sussex. Web. 20 Apr. 2016.
The authors, animal behaviorists at the Universit De Rennes 1, write
about the potential horses have as an animal model of depression.
They based their study off of recent discussions in the scientific
community around the need for ethological models of animals for
depression, and the researchers decided to focus on domesticated
horses in their natural environment. It might have been more effective
to use undomesticated horses, but the article still seems to be a
breakthrough in understanding the emotions of horses. They found
that some of the horses studied showed an indifference to stimuli and
withdrawal, a symptom of depression. The article is directed at a
scholarly audience but is still comprehensible to the average reader.
Hausberger, Martine, Emmanuel Gautier, Vronique Biquand, Christophe
Lunel, and Patrick
Jgo. "Could Work Be a Source of Behavioural Disorders? A Study in
Horses." PLoS ONE 4.10 (2009): n. pag. Universit De Rennes 1. Web.
20 Apr. 2016.
The authors, animal behaviorists at the Universit De Rennes 1, were
interested in stress in horses and how this affected their behavior. They

decided to study different kinds of domesticated horses with different

work levels to see if there was a correlation between stress and the
amount of work in horses, and as a result, most of the horses with the
most amount of work developed chronic behavioral disorders. They
based their study off of previous articles on animal behavior such as
Can't stop, won't stop: is stereotypy a reliable animal welfare
indicator? by GJ Mason and NR Latham, zoologists at Oxford
University, and their hypothesis seems to point more towards
legitimacy than to just fiction. Although the researchers themselves
claim that this is the first time a study like this has been conducted and
that more studies need to be conducted for this to be claimed as fact,
their research was unbiased and credible.
Sankey, Carol, Sverine Henry, Nicolas Andr, Marie-Annick Richard-Yris, and
Martine
Hausberger. "Do Horses Have a Concept of Person?" PLOS ONE.
Universit De Rennes 1, 30 Mar. 2011. Web. 20 Apr. 2016.
The authors, animal behaviorists at the Universit De Rennes 1,
conducted a study to see if captive and domesticated horses had the
ability to distinguish between different people. The researchers were
prompted to conduct this study as a response to similar studies done
with other animals such as dolphins. They found that the horses were
not only able to distinguish between different people, they responded
differently to unknown people as if they were surprised to hear the

familiar order given by an unknown voice. The data seems more

skewed towards other scientists, but the majority of the article can be
understood by a layman. This article was somewhat short but still
contained valuable information.

Wathan, Jen, Anne M. Burrows, Bridget M. Waller, and Karen Mccomb.

"EquiFACS: The Equine
Facial Action Coding System." PLOS ONE PLoS ONE 10.8 (2015): n. pag.
Universit De Rennes 1. Web. 20 Apr. 2016.
The authors, all researchers specializing in animal behavior and
psychology at the University of Sussex, conducted a study on horse
facial expressions, something that had not been done before and
compiled their findings into the EquiFACS (Equestrian Facial Action
Coding Systems) for others to use as a tool for future horse research.
With this study, the researchers concluded that many of the facial
features horses display can also be seen in primates and humans, and
I think this information could be useful for my HCP as a way to support
my argument that horses have emotions. Their findings seemed to be
objective and legitimate, and the detail of their work can be clearly
seen.