The Welfare of Horses

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Waran, Natalie. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2007.
• Series: Animal Welfare, 1
• Subjects: Life sciences.; Behavioral sciences.; Zoology.; Animal genetics.; Animal physiology.; Life Sciences.; Animal Genetics and Genomics.; Animal Physiology.; Behavioral Sciences.
• Online Access: View fulltext via EzAccess

Animal welfare is attracting increasing interest worldwide, but particularly from those in developed countries, who now have the knowledge and resources to be able to offer the best management systems for their farm animals, as well as potentially being able to offer plentiful resources for companio...

Table of Contents:

• Horse Behaviour: Evolution, Domestication and Feralisation
• Clinical Problems Associated with the Intensive Management of Performance Horses
• Nutrition and Welfare
• Housing, Management and Welfare
• Stereotypic Behaviour in the Stabled Horse: Causes, Effects and Prevention without Compromising Horse Welfare
• The Effects of Transportation on the Welfare of Horses
• Training Methods and Horse Welfare
• Welfare of the Racehorse During Exercise Training and Racing
• Specific Welfare Problems Associated with Working Horses.