08/01/2025
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๐๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฎ๐น ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐๐๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐ต ๐ฎ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐๐๐ผ๐ป ๐ป๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ท๐๐๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ผ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ณ๐ณ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐๐ป๐ฒ๐๐ ๐น๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐น๐ ๐ฑ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด
Clayton, H.M *, Williams, Murray, R., J.M., Nixon, J., Fisher, M., Fisher, D., Walker, V., MacKechnie-Guire, R
๐ข๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ป ๐๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐๐ (read without a subscription):
https://beva.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/evj.14451
For the past four years, we have investigated the pressures beneath nosebands adjusted from 2.0 to 0.0 finger tightness with 0.0 finger tightness indicating that the noseband was touching but not compressing the skin.
In this study we measured pressures beneath the noseband when horses were standing still and when the ingested and chewed a treat.
The research addresses the concern that poor noseband adjustment could create high pressures that may risk pain or tissue damage. This study, along with our previous one, provide quantitative data regarding pressures associated with different degrees of noseband tightness.
๐ฅ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฐ๐ต ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐น๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ๐:
๐ด Sub-noseband pressures were highest under the mandibles followed by the sides of the nasal bones.
๐ด All horses willingly ingested and chewed a treat at all noseband tightness levels.
๐ด Noseband pressures were higher when chewing a treat vs. standing at all noseband settings.
๐ด There was no difference in noseband pressure between 2.0 and 1.5 finger tightness when standing or chewing a treat.
๐ดEye temperature and blink rate, which are indicators of pain/discomfort, did not change when the noseband was tightened.
๐ด Even at the tightest setting, maximal noseband pressures were considerably lower than those reported to cause pain/discomfort.
As always, this is a team effort. Thank you to our research assistants, riders, owners and horses.
Thank you to our funders, World Horse Welfare, British Equestrian, Canadian Sport Horse Association, The Worshipful Company of Saddlers and Hartpury University.
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