With this same protocol, we were able to show, despite a small sample, a highly significant stability of the stereotypic behaviors over time when horses remain under the same conditions: comparison of data for observations performed by two different trained observers (MS and EG respectively) made three years apart (2016–2019) of the same nine riding school horses that had remained in the same facility revealed a remarkable stability of individual differences (rs = 0.91, p = 0.0005).
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On-Farm Welfare Assessment of Horses: The Risks of Putting the Cart before the Horse.
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