Behavior

December 04, 2017
Antianxiety Supplements: Do They Work In Horses?
Researchers set out to compare the effects of acepromazine, a common neuroleptic agent that produces marked sedation, with a

July 07, 2017
Drinking Behavior of Horses: Six Facts About Water Intake
Providing fresh, clean water to horses at all times remains a basic principle of horsemanship.

March 28, 2017
Appetite Stimulation for Horses
When a typically ravenous horse leaves grain in his bucket or doesn’t seem interested in hay, it is cause

February 26, 2016
Unusual Appetite: Your Horse Eats What?
Horses consume a wide array of odd food and nonfoods for various reasons, namely curiosity and boredom but occasionally dietary deficiencies

November 25, 2015
Improving Horse Behavior at Feeding Time
Researchers suggest five guidelines to help decrease agonistic behavior among horses at feeding times.

July 08, 2015
Obese Horses Likely to Be More Dominant
According to a team of British researchers, the more dominant a horse, the more likely it is to have

November 25, 2014
Horse Eating Too Fast? Slow It Down!
Most horses love to eat; that’s normal. However, if your horse eats too much, or too fast, or too

September 19, 2014
Grazing Behavior in Horses
An article in Journal of Equine Veterinary Science presented information on production and environmental impacts of grazing that might be of interest to horse

April 21, 2014
Relating the Five Senses to Feeding Horses
The five senses that we share with horses—sight, smell, hearing, taste, and touch—are used to explore and understand our

April 11, 2014
Muzzle It: Correct Fit of Grazing Muzzles on Horses
Different management strategies have been employed to restrict the intake of fresh pasture by these horses. One of the