Group housing increases alertness and social interaction compared to traditional single stabling in two-year-old sport horse stallions during pretraining

Horses in training are often stabled individually, but this is increasingly questioned. We have investigated the effects of different stabling systems in Warmblood stallions during a 12-week pretraining programme. Stallions were 24 months old and housed either in a group stable (Group 24, n = 9) or...

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Main Authors: L. Kroschel, F. Pilger, J. Aurich, C. Nagel, C. Aurich
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2025-08-01
Series:Animal
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1751731125001673
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