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A special bond: How equine-assisted services helps families impacted by domestic abuse

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A multidisciplinary research team investigates the potential of equine-assisted services for horses and humans.

For millennia, humans and horses have enjoyed a special relationship. Recent research shows that working with horses can improve human mental health and wellbeing. Professor Ann Hemingway is part of a multidisciplinary team that has demonstrated that equine-assisted services can improve outcomes for families impacted by domestic abuse and mitigate the conditions that fuel it, and believes that the benefits […]

Making strides in veterinary pathology: A dedicated career

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Mast cell tumours and pancreatic diseases are common in dogs but also present to a lesser degree in other veterinary species, including cats and horses. For these and many other diseases of veterinary species, diagnostic methods and criteria were not well characterised and made determination of prognosis difficult. Changing this, with decades of research into the pathology of veterinary diseases, […]

Open range cattle herding in Texas: A very European affair

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Cowboys on horseback are an icon of Texas. The commonly accepted scenario is that cattle herding, first introduced into Mexico, expanded northward via the arid central highlands. However, Professor William E. Doolittle (University of Texas at Austin), has revealed a much more important route via the tropical lowlands of Mexico’s east coast. Cattle were first introduced to this region by […]

Understanding equine assisted interventions: The role of emotional learning

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For those suffering from mental health or behavioural issues, there are a range of non-medical, non-talk based therapeutic options available. Perhaps one of the most interesting of these is equine-assisted interventions, which involve the interaction of humans and horses. The mechanisms underpinning how this works are little known and are the research focus of Professor Ann Hemingway and colleagues at […]