Effects of used bedding straw and drying it in sunshine on lying behavior in stable horses

Journal of Equine Science

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 67-73

  Aoyama, Masato ^a   Yoshimura, Noriko ^a   Sugita, Shoei ^a   Kusunose, Ryo ^b  

^a UTSUNOMIYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b EQUINE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bedding straw; Lying behavior; Resting; Reusing; Stable environment

Indexed keywords

EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS;

EID: 12344306589     PISSN: 13403516     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1294/jes.15.67     Document Type: Article

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