Posture and Pull Pressure by Horses When Eating Hay or Haylage from a Hay Net Hung at Various Positions
These studies assessed the pressure forces exerted by horses to extract forage from haynets. Study 1 measured horse posture and pressure in Newtons (10 N = 1 kg Force) exerted on haynets when feeding from either a single (SH) or double layered (DH) haynet (3 kg Hay), hung low or high. Mean and maxim...
Main Authors: | Samantha Hodgson, Pam Bennett-Skinner, Bryony Lancaster, Sarah Upton, Patricia Harris, Andrea D. Ellis |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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MDPI AG
2022-10-01
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Series: | Animals |
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Online Access: | https://www.mdpi.com/2076-2615/12/21/2999 |
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