Martina Greppi, Clara Bordin, Federica Raspa, Erica Maccone, Patricia Harris, Andrea Dorothea Ellis, Damiano Cavallini, Domenico Bergero, Emanuela Valle
Slow feeding devices (SFDs) are useful tools in order to improve the horse well-being and to reduce wastage, but their use may result in unnatural posture during feeding and frustration behaviours. Moreover, it may be important to evaluate the laterality during feeding. The aim of the study was to investigate ponies' feeding behaviour (i.e., lateralisation, frustration, postural eating style) with different hay feeding methods: on the ground (G), a fully filled hay net (HF), a partially filled hay net (HL), and a slow feeder hay box (HB)...
May 5, 2024: Journal of Animal Physiology and Animal Nutrition