Hållning av unga svenska islandshästar och dess påverkan på beteende hos tvååringar
Icelandic horses are becomming increasingly common in Sweden. The owners of Icelandic horses in Sweden usually believe their horses to be different from other breeds. Icelandic horses are predominantly considered to be less reactive, less neophobic and easier to handle than other breeds. Swedish...
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| Formato: | L3 |
| Lenguaje: | sueco Inglés |
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SLU/Dept. of Animal Environment and Health (until 231231)
2005
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| _version_ | 1855571736256315392 |
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| author | Fåk, Bodil |
| author_browse | Fåk, Bodil |
| author_facet | Fåk, Bodil |
| author_sort | Fåk, Bodil |
| collection | Epsilon Archive for Student Projects |
| description | Icelandic horses are becomming increasingly common in Sweden. The owners of
Icelandic horses in Sweden usually believe their horses to be different from other
breeds. Icelandic horses are predominantly considered to be less reactive, less
neophobic and easier to handle than other breeds. Swedish owners of Icelandic
horses also usually try to house and handle their horses in a way similar to the
traditional extensive Icelandic way. There are no scientific studies of breed
differences between Icelandic horses and other breeds, or of the housing of
Swedish Icelandic horses. The goal of this study was to investigate how young
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Swedish Icelandic horses are housed and to study their behaviour in an unfamiliar
situation.
All the young horses in the study were housed outdoors in herds all year round.
The herds contained between 3 and 20 horses. Almost all of the owners
vaccinated their horses against tetanus and most of them also against equine
influenza. The young horses were only handled regularly on one farm. All other
husbandry routines varied between owners. This study did not show any
significant differences in the behaviour of the horses depending on their sex.
There seemed to be a sex difference initially, but it was caused by four individuals
from the same herd. There were however differences in behaviour depending on
the size of the herd, the wind and the distance between the fields the horses were
kept in and human interferences, like roads. |
| format | L3 |
| id | RepoSLU10701 |
| institution | Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences |
| language | swe Inglés |
| publishDate | 2005 |
| publishDateSort | 2005 |
| publisher | SLU/Dept. of Animal Environment and Health (until 231231) |
| publisherStr | SLU/Dept. of Animal Environment and Health (until 231231) |
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| spelling | RepoSLU107012017-09-15T07:59:10Z Hållning av unga svenska islandshästar och dess påverkan på beteende hos tvååringar Fåk, Bodil islandshästar unghästar beteende Icelandic horses are becomming increasingly common in Sweden. The owners of Icelandic horses in Sweden usually believe their horses to be different from other breeds. Icelandic horses are predominantly considered to be less reactive, less neophobic and easier to handle than other breeds. Swedish owners of Icelandic horses also usually try to house and handle their horses in a way similar to the traditional extensive Icelandic way. There are no scientific studies of breed differences between Icelandic horses and other breeds, or of the housing of Swedish Icelandic horses. The goal of this study was to investigate how young 22 Swedish Icelandic horses are housed and to study their behaviour in an unfamiliar situation. All the young horses in the study were housed outdoors in herds all year round. The herds contained between 3 and 20 horses. Almost all of the owners vaccinated their horses against tetanus and most of them also against equine influenza. The young horses were only handled regularly on one farm. All other husbandry routines varied between owners. This study did not show any significant differences in the behaviour of the horses depending on their sex. There seemed to be a sex difference initially, but it was caused by four individuals from the same herd. There were however differences in behaviour depending on the size of the herd, the wind and the distance between the fields the horses were kept in and human interferences, like roads. Islandshästar blir en allt vanligare hästras i Sverige. Islandshästarnas ägare och skötare anser i många fall att det finns skillnader mellan dem och andra hästraser, framför allt vad gäller reaktivitet och hanterbarhet. Ägare av islandshästar strävar dessutom ofta efter att hålla sina hästar på ett sätt som liknar den extensiva hästhållningen på Island. Det finns dock inga vetenskapliga studier av eventuella rasskillnader mellan islandshästar och andra raser, eller av hur svenska islandshästar hålls. Målet med denna studie var att undersöka hur unga svenska islandshästar hålls samt studera deras beteende i en okänd situation. Alla unghästar i studien hölls utomhus året runt, dygnet runt, i flockar om 3-20 individer som oftast bestod av blandade åldrar. De flesta vaccinerades också mot stelkramp. Därutöver varierade avmasknings- och hovvårdsfrekvens, hanteringsgrad och hagarnas läge mellan olika besättningar. Studien visade till synes signifikanta beteendeskillnader mellan könen, som dock visade sig bero helt på fyra individer från samma flock. Det fanns skillnader i aktivitetsgrad beroende på flockstorlek. Unghästarnas beteende varierade också med vindförhållanden och hagarnas läge i förhållande till människogenererade störningar. SLU/Dept. of Animal Environment and Health (until 231231) 2005 L3 swe eng https://stud.epsilon.slu.se/10701/ |
| spellingShingle | islandshästar unghästar beteende Fåk, Bodil Hållning av unga svenska islandshästar och dess påverkan på beteende hos tvååringar |
| title | Hållning av unga svenska islandshästar och dess påverkan på beteende hos tvååringar |
| title_full | Hållning av unga svenska islandshästar och dess påverkan på beteende hos tvååringar |
| title_fullStr | Hållning av unga svenska islandshästar och dess påverkan på beteende hos tvååringar |
| title_full_unstemmed | Hållning av unga svenska islandshästar och dess påverkan på beteende hos tvååringar |
| title_short | Hållning av unga svenska islandshästar och dess påverkan på beteende hos tvååringar |
| title_sort | hållning av unga svenska islandshästar och dess påverkan på beteende hos tvååringar |
| topic | islandshästar unghästar beteende |