Housing Husbandry And Welfare Of Horses

Includes 375 citations from the National Agricultural Library's AGRICOLA database. Each entry includes citation number, NAL call number, title, author, place of publication, publisher, date, total number of pages, and for journals, journal title, date, volume, issue and pages. Audiovisual entries also include media format, length, and description (sound, color, size). Covers the following terms: mare, stallion, colt, gelding, filly, fillies, pony, ponies, foal, equine, and horse. Other terms used: stress, welfare, wellbeing, humane, restraint, transportation, behavior, husbandry, social. Also, diet and nutrition.

"Horse behaviour and welfare is a major issue as horses are mainly sport and recreational animals where the human-animal relation is essential. Scientific studies on this topic have increased greatly over the last decade and this publication enlightens some of the major issues raised such as horse temperament, early experience, horsing and social management and equine behaviour welfare. Precise studies are described here, that are placed in the more general context of the international scientific advances. Important behavioural aspects concern: how to measure temperament traits and the genetic/experimental influences on temperament, when, how and whether to handle foals in order to improve human/foal relation, the importance of the social environment on the behaviour of young and adult horses. On the other hand, the improvement of equine welfare through better practices is described such as housing design, feeding practices or social grouping. The use of behavioural cues in order to assess welfare is discussed and tested through experimental approaches. This book constitutes a very rich overview of the recent and new research lines in the field of horse behaviour and welfare."

This book describes the development of horse behaviour, and the way in which the management of horses today affects their welfare. Horses for sport, companionship and work are considered and ways of improving their welfare by better training and management is described. The book assesses welfare, nutrition, and behaviour problems with horses. The authors include internationally-recognised scientists from Britain, Ireland, USA and Australia.