ANSC 485 Lecture 6: ANSC 485 Lecture 6
Document Summary
Repetitive, invariant behavior with no obvious goal or function. Inability to escape or avoid stressful/fearful situations: kept in confinement or social isolation. Used as an indicator of poor welfare. Observed in domestic and captive wild horses. Greater than 13% of domesticated horses in canada and the uk exhibit stereotypes. In the past, referred to as stable vices: moving away from the term, research providing evidence that its not just a result of boredom. Classification: oral, cribbing, tongue rolling, wood chewing. Locomotor: weaving- shifting weight from front legs repeatedly, stall walking, head movements, pawing, head movements. Weaving: hard on fore-limbs and hooves. Stall walking: can be hard to maintain weight. Cribbing: can cause teeth and gum damage, some evidence supporting an association between cribbing and a specific type of colic, owner perceptions. Cribbing and weaving are recognized as a management and welfare concern: potentially detrimental to horse health, can cause damage to facilities as well.
