Animal Bytes

Electronic massage pads could be a useful tool to significantly reduce stress in horses.

Genetic selection for dressage performance is feasible in the UK sport horse population.

Body shape is important in flat racing horses, but only where a higher rating is achieved by the larger horse.

Social play is a regular part of the behavioural repertoire of young horses, even when in an established group.

There’s a lack of understanding of fitness levels and condition scoring among horse owners and, since this has serious health repercussions for the horse, this underlines the equine industry’s need to educate horse carers.

The bacterial populations of ponies’ hindguts respond differently to the addition of inulin to the diet in both laminitic and non-laminitic prone animals.