Influence of physical structure of haylage on equine eating behaviour

C.E. Müller

Influence of physical structure of haylage on equine eating behaviour

In: The impact of nutrition on the health and welfare of horses

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C.E. Müller

C.E. Müller Department of Animal Nutrition and Management, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, 753 23 Uppsala, Sweden

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Pages:: 81–83

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.3920/978-90-8686-711-0_015

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Forage related factors such as physical structure may influence eating time and eating behaviour of horses, which is important from an equine welfare perspective. The physical structure of the forage is influenced by a variety of factors. The effect of increasing plant maturity at harvest of haylage, and the effect of mechanical treatment of the grass at harvest (cut vs. long-stemmed forage) of haylage were investigated in two separate studies, where the influence on equine eating time and eating behaviour were studied. Feeding haylage harvested at an early plant maturity resulted in a shorter eating time compared to haylages harvested at later plant maturities. Feeding cut or long-stemmed haylage resulted in very small differences in equine eating time and behaviour. In conclusion, harvest at a later plant maturity may produce a forage that increases the eating time for the horse, but the hygienic (and nutritive) quality of the forage also needs to be considered.

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The impact of nutrition on the health and welfare of horses

Series: EAAP Scientific Series, Volume: 128

E-Book ISBN:: 9789086867110

Publisher:: Wageningen Academic

Print Publication Date:: 30 Oct 2010

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