@article{ref1,
title="Reduction of biting and chewing of horses using differential reinforcement of other behavior",
journal="Behavioural processes",
year="2012",
author="Fox, Adam E. and Bailey, Shana R. and Hall, Ezra G. and St Peter, Claire C.",
volume="91",
number="1",
pages="125-128",
abstract="Biting and chewing by horses on crossties can result in injury to the handler and damage to equipment. Operant-conditioning techniques have been used to train horses and could be used to reduce or eliminate undesirable biting and chewing. Presently, a differential-reinforcement-of-other-behavior (DRO) schedule, in the context of a reversal design, was effective in reducing biting and chewing in two horses. In DRO schedules, a reinforcer is delivered contingent on the absence of a target behavior for a specified interval. Positive-reinforcement procedures offer an alternative to aversive-control techniques typically used in equine training and may provide for better equine welfare and horse-human interaction.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0376-6357",
doi="10.1016/j.beproc.2012.05.001",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.beproc.2012.05.001"
}