What is pain?
The ability to sense and experience pain is a vital defense mechanism for all animals.
However, pain is also very harmful to animals, especially when the pain is strong or lasts a long time. That's why it's important to recognize and alleviate the horse's pain as quickly as possible. Understanding the pain experienced by the horse helps us recognize pain from its early signs.
Read more about horse pain in the articles below.
The horse's pain face
When evaluating a horse's expression of pain, attention is paid to six different points on the horse's face. Each item is scored on a scale of 0–2.