Welfare Quality of Breeding Horses Under Different Housing Conditions.
Brood mares
breeding stallions
horse behavior
horse health
welfare score
Journal
Animals : an open access journal from MDPI
ISSN: 2076-2615
Titre abrégé: Animals (Basel)
Pays: Switzerland
ID NLM: 101635614
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
05 Mar 2019
05 Mar 2019
Historique:
received:
07
02
2019
revised:
24
02
2019
accepted:
28
02
2019
entrez:
8
3
2019
pubmed:
8
3
2019
medline:
8
3
2019
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
This paper investigates the effect of different housing conditions on the welfare quality of breeding horses. Using a welfare protocol that included health and behavioral parameters, 330 stallions (kept in tie-stall housing) and 365 broodmares (kept in extensive, mostly free housing) were assessed. The horses were categorized into four welfare categories ("not classified", "acceptable", "enhanced" and "excellent"), according to an individual welfare score calculated for each horse. The prevalence of stallions with dyspnea, tendon and joint swellings, abnormal gait and abnormal hoof horn quality was significantly (
Identifiants
pubmed: 30841611
pii: ani9030081
doi: 10.3390/ani9030081
pmc: PMC6466213
pii:
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
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