Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/12475
Title: Browsing - An Overlooked Aspect of Feeding Management in Horses?
Contributor(s): Van Den Berg, Mariette  (author); Lee, Caroline  (author); Brown, Wendy  (author)orcid 
Publication Date: 2012
Handle Link: https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/12475
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.
Publication Type: Conference Publication
Conference Details: AESS 2012: 4th Australasian Equine Science Symposium - Research for the 21st Century Horse Industry: From Genomics to the Winning Post, Gold Coast, Australia, 13th - 15th June, 2012
Source of Publication: Proceedings of the Australasian Equine Science Symposium, v.4, p. 70-70
Publisher: Australasian Equine Science
Place of Publication: online
Fields of Research (FoR) 2008: 070203 Animal Management
070204 Animal Nutrition
Fields of Research (FoR) 2020: 300302 Animal management
300303 Animal nutrition
Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2008: 830306 Horses
Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2020: 100406 Horses
Peer Reviewed: Yes
HERDC Category Description: E3 Extract of Scholarly Conference Publication
Publisher/associated links: http://www.australasianequinescience.com/2006%20Symposium.html
Series Name: AESS Proceedings
Series Number : 4
Appears in Collections:Conference Publication
School of Environmental and Rural Science
School of Science and Technology

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