Behavioural changes in stabled horses given nontherapeutic levels of virginiamycin

Equine Veterinary Journal

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 139-143

  Johnson, K G ^a   Tyrrell, J ^a   Rowe, J B ^b   Pethick, D W ^a  

^a MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Behaviour; Diet; Founderguard; Horse; Stereotypies; Virginiamycin

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS;

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; LACTIC ACID; VIRGINIAMYCIN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL FOOD; ANIMAL HOUSING; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CHEMISTRY; DIET; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DRUG EFFECT; FECES; FEMALE; HORSE; MALE; PH; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STEREOTYPY; STOMACH JUICE; VISCERA;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; DIET; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FECES; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL CONTENTS; HORSES; HOUSING, ANIMAL; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; LACTIC ACID; MALE; STEREOTYPED BEHAVIOR; VIRGINIAMYCIN; VISCERA;

EID: 0032011304     PISSN: 04251644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2042-3306.1998.tb04473.x     Document Type: Article

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