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Reasons for performing studyMany domestic horses and ponies are sedentary and obese due to confinement to small paddocks and stables and a diet of infrequent, high‐energy rations. Severe health consequences can be associated with this altered lifestyle.
ObjectivesThe aims of this study were to investigate the ability of horses to learn to use a dynamic feeder system and determine the movement and...
Quantitative measurements of cribbing were made and the environmental influences on the behavior were examined. Licking the substrate preceded cribbing; the horses licked a median of 1.7 times before each cribbing event while eating grain and 1.1 times before each cribbing event while eating hay. They spent 23% of their time cribbing in bouts separated from other bouts by 30s. Exercise influenced...
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