A new study at Aarhus University shows that it is possible to identify fearful horses at a very early age by means of an objective fear test. This…

It seems like the rider’s weight does not affect the horse’s welfare as much previously expected. Neither the horse’s stress hormone level, heart rate…

Yes, it looks like it. Researchers at Department of Animal Science, Aarhus University, have studied what it means to young horses to be exposed to a…

Horses benefit from grazing – both in terms of their physical and psychological well-being. However, insects and summer heat can affect and may be a…

The PhD course provides a solid background of the theory and research in stress biology via lecture by leading researchers within the field.

Rikke Munk researched how being in a stressful competition environment influences the salivary cortisol concentration in young competition horses. The…

From 7-10 August, Aarhus University hosted the yearly conference in International Society for Applied Ethology (ISAE). Therefore, researchers from all…

Aarhus University and University of Copenhagen offer a residential PhD course on Animal Pain aiming to give PhD students an overview of the concept of…

Everybody working professionally with animal husbandry within the fields of housing and management has the chance of acquiring interesting and useful…