it is not known whether the instincts of wild horses have remained strong during their centuries of domestication. knowledge of this matter would give riders the opportunity to know more about the behavior of horses and consequently about safety for both horses and riders. in this current research, we studied the behavior of fifteen caspian miniature horses of different ages and sexes using sti...

Commentary Two of the most fundamental aspects of caring for children with epilepsy is knowledge of seizure type and frequency of seizures. The recent report by Sadleir calls for a reassessment of each. What is an absence seizure? The 1981 International League Against Epilepsy (ILAE) classification system of seizures described the features of an " absence attack " to include its " sudden onset,...

HAVING written a book on the British Army’s use of horses from 1875 to 1925 (Winton 2013), I read with great interest the feature article by C. Trenton Boyd and Bruce Vivash Jones, ‘Postcards from the Front’ (VR, February 21, 2015, vol 176, pp 192-194). The postcard collection was quite amazing. There are, however, a number of points made in the article on which I would make comment. One might ...