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Romane Phelipon

Romane Phelipon

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Formation:

  • Depuis 2022 : Doctorat en Comportement et Cognition Animale au sein de l’équipe « Cognition Ethologie Bien-être » (CEB – INRAE Nouzilly)
  • 2020-2022 : Ingénieur d’études au Centre de Neurosciences de Lyon –CRNL-
  • 2020 : stage de M2 à la station de primatologie de Rousset « marqueur anatomique cérébral de la communication chez le bébé babouin papio anubis »
  • 2018-2020 : Master Neurosciences intégrées cognitives et comportementales –Aix Marseille Université -
  • 2015-2017 : Licence Sciences Cognitives -Université Lumière Lyon 2-

Recherche:

Sujet de thèse : identification d’émotions positives chez le cheval

Les émotions sont des indicateurs propices à l'évaluation des états mentaux chez les animaux qu'ils soient humains ou non humains. Dans le cadre du bien-être animal, l'identification des émotions négatives est un outil précieux et de nombreuses recherches scientifiques aborde ce sujet. Cependant quand est-il des émotions positives ? Peut-on déterminer le bien-être animal uniquement en absence d'émotions négatives ? Chez le cheval domestique, certains états émotionnels tels que l'anxiété et le stress sont largement décrit et répertoriés dans la littérature comme indicateurs de niveau de bien-être, mais peu d'étude ont abordé les émotions positives. Ce projet de recherche a donc pour objectif d'identifier les émotions positives chez le cheval domestique à travers plusieurs approches comme l'identification d'indicateurs d'expressions faciales, de comportements, de postures, l'identification de marqueurs biologiques comme le niveaux d'ocytocine, ou encore l'identification de marqueurs physiologiques propre aux émotions positives.
Les résultats de ce projet de recherche pourraient alors aider à compléter la vaste définition du terme de bien-être animal en apportant de nouveaux indicateurs : ceux des émotions positives.

 

HAL : Dernières publications

  • [hal-04837219] Forage, freedom of movement, and social interactions remain essential fundamentals for the welfare of high-level sport horses

    Societal concerns for animal welfare extend to all domestic species, including high-level sport horses. The welfare of these horses, notably highlighted during the recent Olympics, has garnered significant public interest, prompting inquiries into their living conditions. Animal welfare studies have emphasised three key needs crucial to equine welfare: unlimited access to forage, freedom of movement, and social interactions with peers, commonly referred to as the “3Fs”—access to Forage, Freedom of movement, and interactions with Friend conspecifics. However, the feasibility and benefits of satisfying these needs specifically for sport horses remain unexplored. Indeed, they may face unique challenges such as high physical workload, extensive travel, limited time in their home stables, weight management, and high economic value necessitating careful handling. Consequently, restrictions on feeding, freedom of movement, and social contact are often deemed necessary. This field study aims to assess the actual level of implementation of welfare in high-level sport horses by evaluating body condition, injury risk, and behavioural welfare indicators in their home stable. To achieve this objective, the welfare of 56 high-level sport horses competing internationally was assessed using behavioural indicators of welfare through scan sampling (abnormal behaviours, i.e., stereotypies, aggression towards humans, withdrawn behaviour, and alert behaviours; positions of the ears in a backward position while foraging, watching behaviours, and through other Animal Welfare Indicators (AWIN) protocol measures). This study shows that there exists a large variability among horses regarding their access to the 3Fs, with some of them having a lot of restrictions and others not, meaning it is possible to respect them while competing at a high level. Second, we observed that the fewer restrictions the horses experience regarding the 3Fs while in their home stables, the better their welfare, as demonstrated by the indicators we assessed. These results undeniably support the fact that unrestricted access to forage, the ability to move freely outdoors, and the opportunity to interact socially with conspecifics are fundamental needs of horses that could be provided to horses, also to high-performance ones. It is therefore essential that solutions are put in place to ensure that these conditions are met.

    ano.nymous@ccsd.cnrs.fr.invalid (Romane Phelipon) 13 Dec 2024

    https://hal.inrae.fr/hal-04837219v1
  • [hal-04667773] Differences in behaviour, facial expressions and locomotion between positive anticipation and frustration in horses

    Animal welfare is a result of accumulated negative and positive emotions. Therefore, it is important to limit the former and promote the latter. Doing so requires a precise identification of these emotions. The aim of this study was to characterize the behaviours, facial expressions and locomotor parameters of 21 horses in two conditions with opposite valence, presumed to induce positive anticipation and frustration. In the positive anticipation situation, the horse was led to a bucket of food, knowing that they would be allowed to eat it. In the frustration situation, experimenters indicated to the horse that food was available without allowing them to eat it. In the positive anticipation situation, horses exhibited a lower neck position with the ears forward and upper lip advanced and went faster by increasing their stride frequency accompanied by increased global locomotor activity. In the frustration situation, horses exhibited a higher neck position with the ears backward or to the side, accompanied by ear movements and eye blinks, and interacted more with the experimenters. This study describes new possible indicators of positive anticipations and frustration in horses.

    ano.nymous@ccsd.cnrs.fr.invalid (Romane Phelipon) 05 Aug 2024

    https://hal.inrae.fr/hal-04667773v1

 

Contact:

Romane Phelipon
UMR Physiologie de la Reproduction & des Comportements
Centre INRAE Val-de-Loire
37380 Nouzilly
France

Courriel : romane.phelipon@inrae.fr

Date de modification : 07 février 2025 | Date de création : 29 novembre 2022 | Rédaction : Fabien Cornilleau