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Abstracts: Use of remote camera traps to evaluate animal-based welfare indicators in individual free-roaming wild horses

October 19, 2021October 11, 2021adminLeave a Comment

We previously developed a Ten-Stage Protocol for scientifically assessing the welfare of individual free-roaming wild animals using the Five Domains Model. The protocol includes developing methods for measuring or observing welfare indices. In this study, we assessed the use of remote camera traps to evaluate an extensive range of welfare indicators in individual free-roaming wild […]

Current thinking on common equine endocrine disorders

August 22, 2021September 1, 2021adminLeave a Comment

Introduction Endocrine dysfunction associated with obesity is a daily challenge in equine ambulatory practice and obesity-related laminitis poses a significant threat to equine welfare in Australia (Figure 1). A recent pony club survey in Victoria found that 15% of horses and ponies had suffered from at least one episode of laminitis and more than half […]

Hendra horse euthanased in NSW

November 17, 2018November 28, 2018adminLeave a Comment

A positive Hendra virus case involving a four-year-old Arab cross has occurred near Tweed Heads, NSW. The case was confirmed by a veterinarian who was wearing protective equipment at the time. The horse was not vaccinated against Hendra and was later euthanased. AVA spokesperson Ben Poole said it was critical to vaccinate horses in high […]

Australian Turf Club inquiry launched

April 3, 2017April 24, 2017adminLeave a Comment

Stewards from Racing NSW have opened an inquiry in to alleged animal cruelty by the Mounted Division of the Australian Turf Club (ATC). Allegations of mistreatment, illegal sedation and cruelty to horses surfaced in a Sydney Morning Herald report last month. Racing NSW began to act following a mid-January incident at the Falls Music & Arts Festival […]

Hay List bucks the odds to return to racing

May 8, 2013May 16, 2013adminLeave a Comment

In early April 2012 champion sprinter Hay List, a six-year-old thoroughbred gelding – at the time the highest rated male sprinter in the world and the only horse to ever get close to beating Black Caviar, – underwent surgery for colic at a Sydney equine hospital. On recovering from he was found to be non […]