Titre : | The influence of housing system on voluntary activity of horses |
Auteurs : | K. Gulbrandsen ; A.H. Herlin ; XVII International Congress on Animal Hygiene 2015, Kosice, Slovakia |
Type de document : | texte imprimé |
Année de publication : | 2015 |
Format : | p.77-78 |
Langues: | Anglais |
Mots-clés : |
Mots-clés cheval COMPORTEMENT SPATIAL ; REPOSEquivoc Bâtiment D'Élevage ; Budget Temps ; Comportement ; Effort Physique |
Résumé : | The influence of three housing regimes were investigated on physical activity (motion index) and lying behaviour by the use of accelerometer technology (IceTag; IceRobotics Ltd, UK) during 10 days per treatment. The housing regimes were: Single box with horses turned out three to four hours during daytime and in a box during night (BOX NIGHT), single box from 07:00 to 16:00 and in a group outdoors between 16:00 and 07:00 (OUTDOORS NIGHT) and loose housed in a group (LOOSE). The plan was to study five horses in each treatment BOX NIGHT and OUTDOORS NIGHT and subsequently move them to the housing regime LOOSE. Due to failure of equipment and of horses being unable to adapt to the loose housing system some data and horses were omitted and replaced. Thus, a total of 12 horses were studied, six of them were only in one housing system and six of them changed housing system. Horses in the BOX NIGHT had less than half of the activity than the horses in the LOOSE and OUTDOORS NIGHT. There was no difference at the group level, but individual responses could be seen. Daily lying time was about 100 +/-40 minutes in the BOX NIGHT horses and less than half in OUTDOORS NIGHT and LOOSE horses 42 +/- 19 and 37 +/-26 minutes respectively. More freedom will result in more voluntary exercise and less lying. |
Cote du document numérique : | 17415 |
Classement cheval : | E11/E12/E13 |