An ethological study of young horses
In the present study called “An Ethological Study of Young Horses” we focused on the behaviour of foals from their birth to separation from their mother. We observed and analysed their behaviour and daily activities, and from the achieved results we drew conclusions for practical horse breeding. We...
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| author | Pavla Šišková Iva Jiskrová Vladimír Mikule |
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| description | In the present study called “An Ethological Study of Young Horses” we focused on the behaviour of foals from their birth to separation from their mother. We observed and analysed their behaviour and daily activities, and from the achieved results we drew conclusions for practical horse breeding. We studied the following forms of behaviour of the foals: feeding behaviour (sucking, drinking, eating roughage and concentrates, gleaning, coprophagia), defecation and micturition, comfortable behaviour and mutual comfort behaviour, manifestations of relaxation (resting posture, lying down), movement manifestations, playful behaviour, stereotype behaviour, other manifestations (acoustic, olfactory etc).As a result we recommended several changes in the technology, e.g. larger stables, salt-lick out of reach of the foals, more frequent exchange of bedding, shelter for horses grazing in the open. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-5a3687e1685d4c59b5300a3dcd062f272022-12-22T03:25:36ZengMendel University PressActa Universitatis Agriculturae et Silviculturae Mendelianae Brunensis1211-85162464-83102006-01-0154512913610.11118/actaun200654050129An ethological study of young horsesPavla Šišková0Iva Jiskrová1Vladimír Mikule2Ústav chovu a šlechtění zvířat, Mendelova zemědělská a lesnická univerzita v Brně, Zemědělská 1, 613 00 Brno, Česká republikaÚstav chovu a šlechtění zvířat, Mendelova zemědělská a lesnická univerzita v Brně, Zemědělská 1, 613 00 Brno, Česká republikaÚstav chovu a šlechtění zvířat, Mendelova zemědělská a lesnická univerzita v Brně, Zemědělská 1, 613 00 Brno, Česká republikaIn the present study called “An Ethological Study of Young Horses” we focused on the behaviour of foals from their birth to separation from their mother. We observed and analysed their behaviour and daily activities, and from the achieved results we drew conclusions for practical horse breeding. We studied the following forms of behaviour of the foals: feeding behaviour (sucking, drinking, eating roughage and concentrates, gleaning, coprophagia), defecation and micturition, comfortable behaviour and mutual comfort behaviour, manifestations of relaxation (resting posture, lying down), movement manifestations, playful behaviour, stereotype behaviour, other manifestations (acoustic, olfactory etc).As a result we recommended several changes in the technology, e.g. larger stables, salt-lick out of reach of the foals, more frequent exchange of bedding, shelter for horses grazing in the open.https://acta.mendelu.cz/54/5/0129/behaviourfoaltechnologydaily activities |
| spellingShingle | Pavla Šišková Iva Jiskrová Vladimír Mikule An ethological study of young horses Acta Universitatis Agriculturae et Silviculturae Mendelianae Brunensis behaviour foal technology daily activities |
| title | An ethological study of young horses |
| title_full | An ethological study of young horses |
| title_fullStr | An ethological study of young horses |
| title_full_unstemmed | An ethological study of young horses |
| title_short | An ethological study of young horses |
| title_sort | ethological study of young horses |
| topic | behaviour foal technology daily activities |
| url | https://acta.mendelu.cz/54/5/0129/ |
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