| Author(s) |
Van Den Berg, Mariette
Lee, Caroline
Brown, Wendy
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| Publication Date |
2012
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| Abstract |
Domesticated horses are routinely maintained in conditions with restricted access to forages, which contrasts with free-roaming horses that spend up to 17 h/day grazing and browsing. Horses evolved primarily as grazing herbivores typically consuming an estimated graze-to-browse ratio of 9:1. However, in some situations horses have been observed to consume a diet of up to 50% of browse (trees, shrubs and forbs), depending on the feed availability. We postulate that limiting foraging behaviour may have negative impacts on digestive health and animal welfare of confined horses.
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| Citation |
Proceedings of the Australasian Equine Science Symposium, v.4, p. 70-70
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| Language |
en
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| Publisher |
Australasian Equine Science
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| Series |
AESS Proceedings
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| Title |
Browsing - An Overlooked Aspect of Feeding Management in Horses?
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| Type of document |
Conference Publication
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| Entity Type |
Publication
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