Effects of bedding material on the lying behavior in stabled horses

Journal of Equine Science

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 53-56

  Ninomiya, Shigeru ^a,d   Aoyama, Masato ^b   Ujiie, Yumiko ^b   Kusunose, Ryo ^c   Kuwano, Atsutoshi ^c  

^a TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b UTSUNOMIYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c EQUINE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^d TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bedding; Lying; Stabled horse; Welfare

Indexed keywords

EQUIDAE;

EID: 54949086678     PISSN: 13403516     EISSN: 13477501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1294/jes.19.53     Document Type: Article

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