Description
There are several questions requiring attention for rearing horses. By providing appropriate care during early ages, important injuries such as lameness or musculoskeletal damage can be avoided, which becomes of capital importance especially among competition horses. In recent years, there has been an increasing body of evidence that the early rearing environment, in particular access to exercise, can have a positive effect on stimulating the musculoskeletal system and priming the tissue for the future demands it will face in the competition arena. Due to different reasons, such as their participation in competitions or exhibition, sales or pleasure, horses are transported from one location to another. Transportation could be a physical and psychological stressor for horses, contributing to the development of some diseases, thus the effects of transportation on performance and welfare should be appropriately taken into account. Horses: Breeding, Health Disorders and Effects on Behaviour and Performance offers a global approach on different items to be considered by horse owners, keepers and veterinarians for assuring correct breeding and maintaining an adequate health status. Helpful information has been added concerning care, evaluation of healthiness, risk of exposure to different pathogens, as well as an update on emerging and neglected diseases. 196 p.
Series: Animal Science, Issues and Professions
- Adolfo Paz Silva, Editor. Senior Lecturer, Parasitology, Zoonoses and Epidemiology. Faculty of Veterinary University of Santiago de Compostela, Lugo (Spain).
- María Sol Arias Vázquez, Editor. Faculty of Veterinary University of Santiago de Compostela, Lugo (Spain).
- Rita Sánchez-Andrade Fernández, Editor. Faculty of Veterinary University of Santiago de Compostela, Lugo (Spain).
- Publication date (digital version): 2014-06 – Nova Science Publishers.
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