Treatment of fear-induced aggression in a horse.
Desensitization (gradually exposing an animal to a fear-inducing stimulus without evoking the fear response) and counter-conditioning (rewarding the animal for behavior incompatible with the fear response) are highly successful ways of eliminating or reducing fear responses and corresponding aggression.
D000374:Aggression; D000818:Animals; D003213:Conditioning, Psychological; D003887:Desensitization, Psychologic; D005239:Fear; D006736:Horses; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male