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Volume 129, Issue 2, Pages 100-110 (31 January 2011)
Grete Helen Meisfjord Jørgensen, Silje Hanche-Olsen Liestøl, Knut Egil Bøe
Abstract
"The aim of this study was to investigate the use of items intended to provide enrichment during turnout, both for individual and group kept horses in an attempt to reduce the amount of passive behaviours. The study was divided into two parts, where study 1 involved eight horses rotated through eight individual paddocks, each containing one of seven enrichment items and one paddock being kept without item, functioning as a control. ..."
"...In conclusion, if grass is not available in paddocks, the provision of roughage reduces the amount of passive behaviours in singly kept horses and it also reduces the risk of agonistic interactions between horses kept in group...."
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