Horse welfare assesment Flashcards
1
Q
mares housed indoors from fall to late spring
grouped housed in tie stalls
exercised 2x a day
high confinement
A
pregnant mare urine farm PMU
2
Q
compared light vs draft types
frequencies of stereotypic behaviors
compared with previous studies of feral horses
A
PMU was conducted to describe time budgets
3
Q
what was the predicted result
A
PMU mares showed low frequency of stereotypes
4
Q
why did they show low frequency of stereotypes
A
they got to socialize with the other horses still, they got plenty of hay all day long
5
Q
time budgets of both light and draft mares were similar to feral horses
low prevalence of stereotypies
A
results
