Hessel, Engel F.

[["dc.bibliographiccitation.firstpage","45"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.issue","1"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.journal","Journal of Equine Veterinary Science"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.lastpage","52"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.volume","32"],["dc.contributor.author","Werhahn, Hanna"],["dc.contributor.author","Hessel, Engel F."],["dc.contributor.author","van den Weghe, Herman F. A."],["dc.date.accessioned","2018-11-07T09:16:07Z"],["dc.date.available","2018-11-07T09:16:07Z"],["dc.date.issued","2012"],["dc.description.abstract","Although welfare of animals has become more important, housing horses in systems that limit natural behavior patterns is still widespread. Single stalls are the predominant housing system in Germany, especially for competition horses. Free exercise on fields or paddocks helps to improve welfare for the animals, but allowing it is not taken for granted by many horse keepers. In the present study, three common management practices were investigated with regard to their effect on the behavior of six competition horses housed in single stalls: 2-hour turnout after training in groups of two horses (group turnout [GT]), solitary turnout (ST) after training for 2 hours, and no turnout (NT) in addition to training. The aim of the study was to determine the differences in the horses' behavior during turnout, training, and in the stable caused by the treatments. This article focuses on the behavior and activity patterns during turnout. The horses' behavior was observed directly by the scan sampling method (5-minute interval), and the distance covered during turnout was measured by global positioning system devices. During turnout, the horses spent most of the time eating. After 1 hour of being turned out, eating decreased, and occupation, locomotion, and social interaction increased. When turnout was allowed in groups (GT), the horses spent more time in social interactions and less time walking and trotting than in ST. Therefore, they also covered a greater distance in ST than in GT. The distance covered in ST also showed a greater deviation both within and between days compared with GT. (C) 2012 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved."],["dc.identifier.doi","10.1016/j.jevs.2011.06.007"],["dc.identifier.isi","000298936100008"],["dc.identifier.uri","https://resolver.sub.uni-goettingen.de/purl?gro-2/27865"],["dc.notes.status","zu prüfen"],["dc.notes.submitter","Najko"],["dc.publisher","Elsevier Science Inc"],["dc.relation.issn","0737-0806"],["dc.title","Competition Horses Housed in Single Stalls (I): Behavior and Activity Patterns during Free Exercise According to Its Configuration"],["dc.type","journal_article"],["dc.type.internalPublication","yes"],["dc.type.peerReviewed","yes"],["dc.type.status","published"],["dspace.entity.type","Publication"]]

[["dc.bibliographiccitation.firstpage","425"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.issue","8"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.journal","Journal of Equine Veterinary Science"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.lastpage","431"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.volume","30"],["dc.contributor.author","Werhahn, Hanna"],["dc.contributor.author","Hessel, Engel F."],["dc.contributor.author","Bachhausen, Irene"],["dc.contributor.author","van den Weghe, Herman F. A."],["dc.date.accessioned","2018-11-07T08:40:53Z"],["dc.date.available","2018-11-07T08:40:53Z"],["dc.date.issued","2010"],["dc.description.abstract","The effects of three different bedding materials (straw, wood shavings, and straw pellets) on the behavior of six warmblood horses (four mares, two of them with foals) housed in single stalls were analyzed. Each material was used for 2 weeks in three consecutive runs. The behavior of the horses was videotaped and analyzed on the first and last 3 days for each bedding alternative in the last of the three runs. The time budgets for the behaviors including standing, eating, lying, occupation with bedding material, and other were generated. Compared with straw pellets and wood shavings, the application of straw bedding led to a significantly higher frequency and longer duration of occupation with bedding material and in turn, shorter fractions of standing and other behaviors. The total duration of lying was significantly longer on straw than on straw pellets. Straw pellets resulted in the least mean recumbency duration per occurrence of this behavior. Because occupation is one of the important functions that bedding material is supposed to fulfill, we concluded that in regard to horse behavior, straw bedding was the best among the three materials analyzed. Further investigations with a more homogeneous group of probands are necessary to verify the observed behavioral reactions."],["dc.identifier.doi","10.1016/j.jevs.2010.07.005"],["dc.identifier.isi","000281535200007"],["dc.identifier.uri","https://resolver.sub.uni-goettingen.de/purl?gro-2/19342"],["dc.notes.status","zu prüfen"],["dc.notes.submitter","Najko"],["dc.publisher","Elsevier Science Inc"],["dc.relation.issn","0737-0806"],["dc.title","Effects of Different Bedding Materials on the Behavior of Horses Housed in Single Stalls"],["dc.type","journal_article"],["dc.type.internalPublication","yes"],["dc.type.peerReviewed","yes"],["dc.type.status","published"],["dspace.entity.type","Publication"]]