Full-day seminar: Dr. Frank O. Ödberg - PSYCHOLOGY OF THE HORSE

Join us for a full-day seminar on the psychology of the horse, where Dr. Frank Olof Ödberg outlined the fundamental principles of horse performance and behavior and presented us with findings from the latest scientific research on behavioral and health problems of horses that occur due to incorrect conditions in the care, handling, education and training of horses.

*THE LECTURE WILL BE IN ENGLISH*

About the lecturer:

Frank Olof Ödberg completed a master's degree in zoology at the University of Edinburgh in 1972, and a doctorate in experimental psychology at the University of Ghent in 1981.

Before his retirement, he worked as a full professor at the Veterinary Faculty of the University of Ghent and at the Faculty of Psychology at the "Free University Brussels". He taught the courses Ethology and Animal Welfare.

In his research work, he mainly devoted himself to the study of psychological and neurobiochemical aspects of the abnormal behavior of animals in chronic stress,

especially their expression through stereotypical behavior patterns.

He is a member of numerous commissions at the local, national and European level (member of the Ethics Committee of the Faculties of Veterinary and Agricultural Studies, chairman of the Council for Animal Welfare, member of the Deontology Committee...).

As a member of the Belgian Academy of Equestrian Art, he successfully combines his knowledge and experimental experience in the field of horse behavior and welfare with his greatest hobby – academic riding.

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