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SUBMITTER: Ruet A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6770668 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Ruet Alice A Lemarchand Julie J Parias Céline C Mach Núria N Moisan Marie-Pierre MP Foury Aline A Briant Christine C Lansade Léa L
Animals : an open access journal from MDPI 20190828 9
Horses are mainly housed in individual boxes. This housing system is reported to be highly detrimental with regard to welfare and could trigger the expression of four behavioural indicators of a compromised welfare state: stereotypies, aggressiveness toward humans, unresponsiveness to the environment, and stress-related behaviours. The aim of this study was to identify housing and management factors that could alleviate the detrimental effects of individual boxes on welfare. A total of 187 horse ...[more]