Foraging enrichment for stabled horses: Effects on behaviour and selection

Equine Veterinary Journal

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 686-691

  Goodwin, D ^a   Davidson, H P B ^b   Harris, P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b Equine Studies Group   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Behaviour; Enrichment; Forage; Horse; Welfare

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FORAGE; FORAGING; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HAY; HORSE; MALE; NONHUMAN; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VIDEORECORDING; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL FOOD; ANIMAL HOUSING; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMAL WELFARE; HORSE DISEASE; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POACEAE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STEREOTYPY;

ANIMALIA; EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMAL WELFARE; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; FEMALE; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; HOUSING, ANIMAL; MALE; POACEAE; STEREOTYPED BEHAVIOR; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING;

EID: 0036835872     PISSN: 04251644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2746/042516402776250450     Document Type: Article

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