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SUBMITTER: Delfiol DJ
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3317824 | biostudies-other | 2012
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Delfiol Diego Jose Z DJ Oliveira-Filho Jose P JP Casalecchi Fernanda L FL Kievitsbosch Thatiane T Hussni Carlos A CA Riet-Correa Franklin F Araujo João P JP Borges Alexandre S AS
BMC veterinary research 20120112
<h4>Background</h4>In Brazil, coffee (Coffea arabica) husks are reused in several ways due to their abundance, including as stall bedding. However, field veterinarians have reported that horses become intoxicated after ingesting the coffee husks that are used as bedding. The objective of this study was to evaluate whether coffee husk consumption causes intoxication in horses.<h4>Results</h4>Six horses fed coast cross hay ad libitum were given access to coffee husks and excitability, restlessness ...[more]