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Differences between facilities in horse welfare profiles: slight differences in management/working conditions may be enough Open

Lionel Gueguen, Rupert Palme, P. Jégo, Séverine Henry, Martine Hausberger · 2025

Many studies focus on animal welfare in terms of specific, either behavioural or physiological, indicators or on the impact of a particular management factor. However, an animal's welfare state results from the individual's perception of i…

Evidences for gestures associated with pruritus in very young infants: a pilot study Open

A. Boyard, Camille Cosnard, David Simón, Camille Le Pors, C. Abasq‐Thomas , et al. · 2025

The anatomical and functional basis for pruritus is present from birth. However, pruritus in this population is largely underestimated. The aim of this study was to analyze behaviors potentially associated with pruritus in infants under 6 …

Through a Horse’s Eyes: Investigating Cognitive Bias and Responses to Humans in Equine-Assisted Interventions Open

Céline Rochais, Emilie Akoka, Sylvain Girard, Marine Grandgeorge, Séverine Henry · 2025

Animal-assisted interventions (AAIs) have become increasingly popular, with horses being one of the most commonly used species. While the effects of equine-assisted interventions (EAIs) have been widely studied in humans, research focusing…

Parenting styles in caregivers of children with Autism Spectrum Disorder and effects of service dogs Open

Margot Poirier, Marine Grandgeorge, Nathe François, Florian Auffret, Noël Champagne , et al. · 2024

Objective Parents of children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) have parenting styles that differ from parents of typically developing children. Integration of a service dog (SD) at home has been demonstrated as having multiple effects w…

Selected Acoustic Frequencies Have a Positive Impact on Behavioural and Physiological Welfare Indicators in Thoroughbred Racehorses Open

Léa Gueguen, Séverine Henry, Maëlle Delbos, Alban Lemasson, Martine Hausberger · 2023

(1) Background: Since antiquity, it is considered that sounds influence human emotional states and health. Acoustic enrichment has also been proposed for domestic animals. However, in both humans and animals, effects vary according to the …

Horses’ attentional characteristics differ according to the type of work Open

Céline Rochais, Mathilde Stomp, Mélissa Sébilleau, Mathilde Houdebine, Séverine Henry , et al. · 2022

Attention is a central process of cognition and influences the execution of daily tasks. In humans, different types of work require different attentional skills and sport performance is associated with the ability to attention shift. Atten…

What Do We Know about Pruritus in Very Young Infants? A Literature Review Open

Camille Le Pors, Matthieu Talagas, C. Abasq‐Thomas, Séverine Henry, L. Misery , et al. · 2021

In infants, pruritus is frequently considered as absent because they do not scratch themselves. Because pruritus could induce severe adverse effects in this vulnerable population, we aimed to review existing evidence on the ability of youn…

Detecting Welfare in a Non-Verbal Species: Social/Cultural Biases and Difficulties in Horse Welfare Assessment Open

Martine Hausberger, Clémence Lesimple, Séverine Henry · 2021

Horses were domesticated for more than 5000 years and have been one of the most emblematic species living alongside humans. This long-shared history would suggest that horses are well known and well understood, but scientific data raise ma…

Brain activity reflects (chronic) welfare state: Evidence from individual electroencephalography profiles in an animal model Open

Mathilde Stomp, Serenella d’Ingeo, Séverine Henry, Hugo Cousillas, Martine Hausberger · 2021

EEG individual power profiles correlate with tension along spine in horses Open

Mathilde Stomp, Serenella d’Ingeo, Séverine Henry, Clémence Lesimple, Hugo Cousillas , et al. · 2020

Assessing chronic pain is a challenge given its subjective dimension. In humans, resting state electroencephalography (EEG) is a promising tool although the results of various studies are contradictory. Spontaneous chronic pain is understu…

The vocal repertoire of preterm infants: Characteristics and possible applications Open

Vanessa André, Virginie Durier, Séverine Henry, Fouad Nassur, Jacques Sizun , et al. · 2020

A novel, short and easy-to-perform method to evaluate newborns’ social olfactory preferences Open

Vanessa André, Séverine Henry, Adelyne Vuillemin, Alain Beuchée, Jacques Sizun , et al. · 2020

Higher tactile sensitivity in preterm infants at term-equivalent age: A pilot study Open

Vanessa André, Virginie Durier, Alain Beuchée, Jean‐Michel Roué, Alban Lemasson , et al. · 2020

Despite a growing body of research on perinatal sensory abilities, data on the extent of tactile sensitivity and more particularly passive touch (i.e. sensitivity to a stimulation imposed on the skin) are relatively limited, and the develo…

Free movement: A key for welfare improvement in sport horses? Open

Clémence Lesimple, Lola Reverchon-Billot, P. Galloux, Mathilde Stomp, Laetitia Boichot , et al. · 2020

On-Farm Welfare Assessment of Horses: The Risks of Putting the Cart before the Horse Open

Martine Hausberger, Noémie Lerch, Estelle Guilbaud, Mathilde Stomp, Marine Grandgeorge , et al. · 2020

Although the question of animal welfare has been an important source of concern in the scientific community for several decades, many aspects are still under debate. On-farm assessments have to be rapid, acceptable to farmers and safe for …

Domestic Foal Weaning: Need for Re-Thinking Breeding Practices? Open

Séverine Henry, Hrefna Sigurjónsdóttir, Aziliz Klapper, Julie Joubert, Gabrielle Montier , et al. · 2020

Artificial weaning is a standard practice known to be one of the most stressful events in a domestic foal’s life. Research has mainly focused on ways to alleviate weaning stress. However, there is still a need for more detailed research on…

Could snorts inform us on how horses perceive riding? Open

Mathilde Stomp, A. Masson, Séverine Henry, Martine Hausberger, Clémence Lesimple · 2020

Changes in Saliva Analytes Correlate with Horses’ Behavioural Reactions to An Acute Stressor: A Pilot Study Open

María Dolores Contreras-Aguilar, Séverine Henry, Caroline Coste, Fernando Tecles, Damián Escribano , et al. · 2019

Acute stress induces an array of behavioural reactions in horses that vary between individuals. Attempts to relate behavioural patterns and physiological responses have not always given clear-cut results. Here, we measured the changes in a…

Mutual interactions between cognition and welfare: The horse as an animal model Open

Martine Hausberger, Mathilde Stomp, Carol Sankey, Sophie Brajon, Christophe Lunel , et al. · 2019

Stall architecture influences horses’ behaviour and the prevalence and type of stereotypies Open

Clémence Lesimple, Emmanuel Gautier, Haïfa Benhajali, Céline Rochais, Christophe Lunel , et al. · 2019

An unexpected acoustic indicator of positive emotions in horses Open

Mathilde Stomp, Maël Leroux, Marjorie Cellier, Séverine Henry, Alban Lemasson , et al. · 2018

Indicators of positive emotions are still scarce and many proposed behavioural markers have proven ambiguous. Studies established a link between acoustic signals and emitter's internal state, but few related to positive emotions and still …

Attentional state and brain processes: state-dependent lateralization of EEG profiles in horses Open

Céline Rochais, Mélissa Sébilleau, Mathilde Ménoret, Martial Oger, Séverine Henry , et al. · 2018

Ecological temperature metrics for invasive fishes in Ontario and the Great Lakes Region Open

E. C. Hatton, Jeffrey D. Buckley, Shannon A. Fera, Séverine Henry, Len M. Hunt , et al. · 2018

Spontaneous attention-capture by auditory distractors as predictor of distractibility: a study of domestic horses (Equus caballus) Open

Céline Rochais, Séverine Henry, Martine Hausberger · 2017

Low plasma cortisol and fecal cortisol metabolite measures as indicators of compromised welfare in domestic horses (Equus caballus) Open

Jodi L. Pawluski, P. Jégo, Séverine Henry, Anaelle Bruchet, Rupert Palme , et al. · 2017

The hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis response to chronic stress is far from straight forward, particularly with regards to animal welfare. There are reports of no effect as well as both decreases and increases in cortisol after ch…

An Ambulatory Electroencephalography System for Freely Moving Horses: An Innovating Approach Open

Hugo Cousillas, Martial Oger, Céline Rochais, Claire Pettoello, Mathilde Ménoret , et al. · 2017

Electroencephalography (EEG) that has been extensively studied in humans presents also a large interest for studies on animal brain processes. However, since the quality of the recordings is altered by muscular activity, most EEG recording…

The human newborn’s umwelt: Unexplored pathways and perspectives Open

Vanessa André, Séverine Henry, Alban Lemasson, Martine Hausberger, Virginie Durier · 2017

Sciaenops ocellatus : Daily and seasonal sound variation during spawning in aquaculture. Open

Séverine Henry, Jean‐Claude Falguière, Samson Devillers, Éric Parmentier · 2016

The red drum, males of the sciaenid Sciaenops ocellatus make sounds during reproduction. Since the 80’s, this species is farmed in aquaculture for research and commercial purposes. Fish sounds were recorded at the Research and Aquaculture …

Investigating attentional processes in depressive-like domestic horses (Equus caballus) Open

Céline Rochais, Séverine Henry, Carole Fureix, Martine Hausberger · 2015

Informed horses are influential in group movements, but they may avoid leading Open

Julie Andrieu, Séverine Henry, Martine Hausberger, Bernard Thierry · 2015

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