Saloniemi, Elin, 2021. Tänk utanför boxen : en undersökning om hur tävlingshästar inom travsporten hålls, samt travhästhållares attityder till grupphållen lösdrift och investering i mekaniserade lösdriftssystem. First cycle, G2E. Uppsala: SLU, Dept. of Animal Environment and Health (until 231231)
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Abstract
The aim of this study was to examine how racehorses in harness racing in Sweden were
housed and trainers and horse owners' attitudes towards free-range housing and active
stable system. A survey was sent out and gathered 251 answers from trainers and horse
owners.
53 % housed their horses in boxstalls and 41 % in free-range housing. The main
reason why horses were housed in box stalls was individual feeding. The horses' access to
movement and good air quality were considered as the prior positives with free-range
housing. Of those who housed their horses in boxstalls, 42 % answered no to house the
horses in free-range housing, compared to 21 % who answered yes. 43 % of all who
participated in the questionnaire, answered no to investing in an active stable system and
20 % answered yes.
Previous studies have shown that free-range housing has a good impact on the horses'
welfare and health and that an active stable system benefits individual feeding.
| Main title: | Tänk utanför boxen |
|---|---|
| Subtitle: | en undersökning om hur tävlingshästar inom travsporten hålls, samt travhästhållares attityder till grupphållen lösdrift och investering i mekaniserade lösdriftssystem |
| Authors: | Saloniemi, Elin |
| Supervisor: | Connysson, Malin |
| Examiner: | Yngvesson, Jenny |
| Series: | UNSPECIFIED |
| Volume/Sequential designation: | UNSPECIFIED |
| Year of Publication: | 2021 |
| Level and depth descriptor: | First cycle, G2E |
| Student's programme affiliation: | VK002 Ethology and Animal Welfare - Bachelor's Programme 180 HEC |
| Supervising department: | (VH) > Dept. of Animal Environment and Health (until 231231) |
| Keywords: | loose housing, trotter, natural behaviour, welfare |
| URN:NBN: | urn:nbn:se:slu:epsilon-s-17313 |
| Permanent URL: | http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:slu:epsilon-s-17313 |
| Subject. Use of subject categories until 2023-04-30.: | Animal husbandry |
| Language: | Swedish |
| Deposited On: | 18 Oct 2021 11:12 |
| Metadata Last Modified: | 19 Oct 2021 11:23 |
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