Selected highlights from other journals: Signs of depression in horses

• Autores: C. Fureix, C. Beaulieu, S. Argaud, C. Rochais, M. Quinton
• Localización: Veterinary Record, ISSN-e 2042-7670, Vol. 176, Nº. 3, 2015, págs. 75-75
• Idioma: inglés
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  • DEPRESSION is common in people and has a range of well-documented symptoms and causes. Laboratory rodents, pet dogs and cats, and captive apes and monkeys have also been described as showing depressed behaviour. Anhedonia – the inability to experience pleasure from activities usually found enjoyable – is a symptom of depression in people. Anhedonia has been modelled in rodents by assessing reductions in sucrose intake. Horses have been known to exhibit a ‘withdrawn’ state, characterised by a stationary, flat-necked posture, wide, unblinking eyes and backwards-pointing ears. The aim of this study was to assess whether withdrawn horses were in a depression-like condition.