Foraging enrichment for stabled horses: effects on behaviour and selection
Foraging enrichment for stabled horses: effects on behaviour and selection
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DOI：
10.2746/042516402776250450
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发表时间：
2002-11-01
影响因子：
2.2
通讯作者：
Harris, P
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作者：
Goodwin, D;Davidson, HPB;Harris, P
许多比赛马匹所经历的进入牧场的限制与陈规定型和重定向的行为模式的表现有关。有人认为，拥有不止一种饲料来源的赛马不太可能表现出这些模式。然而，目前尚不清楚其原因。为了在 4 个重复试验中对此进行研究，将最多 12 匹马引入 2 个相同的马厩中，每个马厩中含有单一饲料或 6 种饲料，持续 5 分钟。为了检测新奇效果，在第一次和第三次试验中，单一饲料是干草。在第二次和第四次试验中，它是先前试验中的首选饲料。试验被录像并比较了 12 种相互排斥的行为模式。当干草作为单一饲料时（试验 1 和 3），所有记录的行为模式在马厩之间显着不同；例如在“单一”马厩的试验 3 期间，马匹更频繁地看向马厩门（P
The restricted access to pasture experienced by many competition horses has been linked to the exhibition of stereotypic and redirected behaviour patterns. It has been suggested that racehorses provided with more than one source of forage are less likely to perform these patterns; however, the reasons for this are currently unclear. To investigate this in 4 replicated trials, up to 12 horses were introduced into each of 2 identical stables containing a single forage, or 6 forages for 5 min. To detect novelty effects, in the first and third trials the single forage was hay. In the second and fourth, it was the preferred forage from the preceding trial. Trials were videotaped and 12 mutually exclusive behaviour patterns compared. When hay was presented as the single forage (Trials 1 and 3), all recorded behaviour patterns were significantly different between stables; e.g. during Trial 3 in the 'Single' stable, horses looked over the stable door more frequently (P