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each individual behaviour response to be assessed rather than the response as a whole. To conclude having a similar style ethogram to Dyson et al., (2017) improves the validity of the current study and strengthens the study. The natural behaviours of the horses could have impacted the results. As stated previously six of the seven horses were ‘green’ horses meaning that they are likely to show positive behaviours. Thus could be a reason as to why the positive result was so high. Some of the horses were a bit spooked at the light therapy device and paper in the first sessions however as this would be a normal response in industry these behaviours were left into the study and not removed. 5.4 Limitations and Further Improvements With any small-scale research project limitations are inevitable. In the present study a control group was not present, meaning there no ‘non-treatment’ readings to compare to To further improve the validity of the study a control or sham group that received no treatment but were placed in the same setting for the same length of time like the Fung et al., (2002) study would be necessary. This would have ensured that the all behaviours, heart rates and surface temperature readings could have had a control rather than having the four minutes pre and post treatment. Although, original thinking of the experimental design was that could a different group still be a valid way of controlling the study as horses all have different heart rates, behaviours and as discussed previously with the changes in temperature regarding clip would all differ. Increasing the number of cohorts would also improve the validity. The horses heart rate would naturally decrease as a result of a static position. If a control group was used it would have been more effective in order to discover how much of the decrease was due to the light therapy treatment or due to the static position in the therapy barn. In this respect a control group would be interesting to see exactly what the effect is because As stated previously horses may react differently to light therapy. In order to suggest a control group both the pro’s and cons for each would have to be researched deeper into the reasons why a control group would be more useful in this situation. Using the same cohort as their own control could be a possibility which has been done previously by Rietmann et al., (2004) which appeared to be an effective way of controlling the study. However this 26PDF Image | THE EFFECT OF LIGHT THERAPY ON HEART RATE, HORSES
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