Cooper, J.J., L. Mcdonald, and D.S. Mills (2000). The effect of increasing visual horizons on stereotypic weaving: implications for the social housing of stabled horses. Applied Animal Behaviour Science 69(1): 67-83. ISSN: 0168-1591.
NAL Call Number: QL750.A6
Descriptors: horses, stable vices, weaving, abnormal behavior, housing, housing design.
Goodwin, D., H.P. Davidson, and P. Harris (2002). Foraging enrichment for stabled horses: Effects on behaviour and selection. Equine Veterinary Journal 34(7): 686-691. ISSN: 0425-1644.
NAL Call Number: SF955.E6
Abstract: 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<0.001), moved for longer (P<0.001), foraged on straw bedding longer (P<0.001), and exhibited behaviour indicative of motivation to search for alternative resources (P<0.001) more frequently. When a previously preferred forage was presented as the single forage (Trials 2 and 4) behaviour was also significantly different between stables, e.g in Trial 4 horses looked out over the stable door more frequently (P<0.005) and foraged for longer in their straw bedding (P<0.005). Further study is required to determine whether these effects persist over longer periods. However, these trials indicate that enrichment of the stable environment through provision of multiple forages may have welfare benefits for horses, in reducing straw consumption and facilitating the expression of highly motivated foraging behaviour.
Descriptors: access to pasture, abnormal behavior, racehorses, provision of multiple forages, enrichment of stable environment, stereotyped behavior, animal feed, animal welfare, equine housing, videotape recording, animal welfare.
Henderson, J.V., N.K. Waran, and R.J. Young (1997). Behavioural enrichment for horses: the effect of foraging device (The "Equiball") on the performance of stereotypic behaviour in stabled horses. In: Proceedings of the First International Conference on Veterinary Behavioural Medicine, April 1, 1997-April 2, 1997, Birmingham, UK, p. 204-208. ISBN: 0900767979.
NAL Call Number: QL750.I67 1997
Descriptors: horses, behavior, animal welfare, housing systems, environmental enrichment, vice prevention.
Houpt, K., M. Marrow, and M. Seeliger (2000). A preliminary study of the effect of music on equine behavior. Journal of Equine Veterinary Science 20(11): 691-737. ISSN: 0737-0806.
NAL Call Number: SF951.J65
Descriptors: horses, behavior, music, stress remedies, animal welfare.
Mcafee, L.M., D.S. Mills, and J.J. Cooper (2002). The use of mirrors for the control of stereotypic weaving behaviour in the stabled horse. Applied Animal Behaviour Science 78(2-4): 159-173. ISSN: 0168-1591.
NAL Call Number: QL750.A6
Descriptors: horses, stable vices, weaving, stereotypic behavior, environmental enrichment, management practices, social isolation, animal welfare.
Mills, D.S. and K. Davenport (2002). The effect of a neighbouring conspecific versus the use of a mirror for the control of stereotypic weaving behaviour in the stabled horse. British Society of Animal Science 74(1): 95-101. ISSN: 1357-7298.
NAL Call Number: SF1.A56
Descriptors: horses, abnormal behavior, stable vices, weaving, animal welfare, housing conditions, environmental enrichment.
Thorne, J.B., D. Goodwin, M.J. Kennedy, H.P.B. Davidson, and P. Harris (2005). Foraging enrichment for individually housed horses: Practicality and effects on behaviour. Applied Animal Behaviour Science 94(1-2): 149-164. ISSN: 0168-1591.
Online: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/B6T48-4FSX66P-1/2/e15238324191ec3ba3664c07b189de70
NAL Call Number: QL750.A6
Descriptors: restricted forage diet, stereotypical behavior, gastric ulcers, colic, foraging enrichment, stabled horses, individual preferences, patch foraging behavior.
Winskill, L.C., N.K. Waran, and R.J. Young (1996). The effect of a foraging device (a modified "Edinburgh Foodball") on the behaviour of the stabled horse. Applied Animal Behaviour Science 48(1-2): 25-35. ISSN: 0168-1591.
NAL Call Number: QL750.A6
Descriptors: environmental enrichment, stabled horses, stereotypical behavior, foraging behavior, foraging device, Edinburgh Foodball, individually housed Standardbred horses.