The effect of blankets on horse behaviour and preference for shelter in Nordic winter conditions

Volume: 218, Pages: 104822
Published: Jun 20, 2019
Abstract
null null Horses use human-made shelters actively during inclement weather, but the costs of building shelters may be high and owners use blankets or rugs on horses instead. The aim of the study was to investigate how wearing a blanket might affect the shelter seeking behaviour of horses under coastal arctic winter conditions. Could blankets make shelters redundant? During different winter weather conditions, seventeen horses had a full-neck...
Paper Details
Title
The effect of blankets on horse behaviour and preference for shelter in Nordic winter conditions
Published Date
Jun 20, 2019
Volume
218
Pages
104822
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