ANIMAL WELFARE AND THE HUMAN-ANIMAL BOND IN STUDENT EDUCATION – HOW CAN WE UNDERSTAND ANIMAL FEELINGS? HOW DO WE ASK FOR CONSENT FROM A HORSE?
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https://doi.org/10.26873/SVR-2194-2025Keywords:
animal welfare, equine, veterinary education, human-animal bondAbstract
Students in veterinary education want positive interactions with their clients, but learn that a stressed animal can become unpredictable. If students can learn how to measure or evaluate the animal’s affective state before the physical exam, they can begin to prepare for the animal’s reactions. For example, assessing a cat’s facial expression in routine communication (Erjavec and Kovacic, 2023). To do this, it includes understanding the veterinary role in the human-animal bond.
Dobrobit živali in povezanost s človekom v izobraževalnem procesu – kako razumeti živalske občutke? Kako pri konjih vzbujati voljo za sodelovanje?
Študenti veterine si želijo pozitivnih odnosov z živalmi, vendar se naučijo, da je žival v stresu lahko nepredvidljiva. Če se študenti poučijo o tem, kako izmeriti ali oceniti počutje živali pred pregledom, se lahko pripravijo na njihove odzive. Takšen primer je ocenjevanje obrazne mimike mačke pri rutinski obravnavi (Erjavec in Kovačič, 2023). Da bi to lahko storili, je potrebno razumeti vlogo veterinarja v vezi med človekom in živaljo.
Ključne besede: dobrobit živali; konji; študij veterine; vez med človekom in živaljo
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