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1. 1. Influence of daily free time spent outside in a paddock and stable management on behavioural disturbances and health in the horse

   University essay from SLU/Dept. of Animal Environment and Health

   Author : Annika Eklund; [2008]
   Keywords : horse; horse welfare; horse behaviour; behaviour problems; horse health; social contact; horse injuries; housing; injuries; stable management; respiratory problems;

   Abstract : "People involved with horses must understand causes and effects of behaviours, why they arise, their cost and benefits, if they truly are undesirable behaviours and in that case to whom and in the end how to best treat them without reducing the horses quality of life"(Cooper and Mason 1998). The present study investigated whether lack of daily spent free time outside in a paddock, possibility for social contact between horses, number of feeding occasions of roughage and concentrate and keeping horses on muddy grounds affects the prevalence of behavioural disturbances (like wood-chewing, wind-sucking, crib-biting, weaving and box-walking) and the health of the horse (in particular problem related to the hooves and legs, to the respiratory system and to the digestive system). READ MORE