Ridskolehästens välfärd : en jämförelsestudie om inhysningssystem kopplat till hästens benhälsa och skador
The riding school horse is the most important asset for a riding school. Every individual is as important and if one of them gets injured it affects both the economy and the other healthy horses who then will have to work harder. Today, the way we usually keep our horses at the riding schools is...
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| author | Iversby, Martine Söderby, Moa |
| author_browse | Iversby, Martine Söderby, Moa |
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| description | The riding school horse is the most important asset for a riding school. Every individual
is as important and if one of them gets injured it affects both the economy and the other
healthy horses who then will have to work harder. Today, the way we usually keep our
horses at the riding schools is not as different from the old military days. The most
common housing system is that horses stay inside in boxes during nighttime and only go
outside a few hours a day with other horses. There is research that can prove that the
horses get their natural behaviors fulfilled when they are in groups and can move and eat
as much as they want to. It is hard to find research about how housing affects the welfare
of the riding school horses when it comes to leg health and if there is a link between
housing system and injuries.
The aim of the study was to compare the housing system at two different riding schools
to see if there was any difference when it came to injured riding school horses. One of
the riding schools had stables with boxes (BOX) and the other riding school used a
group housing system (LOS). The questions examined in the study were: Does housing
have any significance for the injuries causing lameness on a riding school horse? Does
housing have any impact on how much a riding school horse stumbles during lessons?
Can the housing system have an impact on the swelling of the horses’ legs?
We used three different methods to measure the welfare of the riding school horses;
compiling injury data from 2019, observations of riding lessons and compiling injury
data from 2019 and measuring the circumference of the legs in the morning and the
evening. There was a difference between the results of the housing systems for the
horses that were injured and lame and could not participate in the daily activities. The
mean value of horses in LOS was 10.6 days of injury per lameness, compared to 43.5
days for the horses in BOX. The horses that were kept in the stable had more swelling in
their legs in the morning compared to the horses in the loose housing, where there was
no difference between morning and evening. There was no difference with the amount
of stumbling between the riding schools.
The conclusions according to this study were that housing system had an influence on
the swelling in the leg of the horses and that the housing system could have an effect on
the injuries and the lameness on the riding school horses but more studies are needed to
confirm this. The housing system did not seem to be the reason why the horses stumble
during the riding lessons though, because it is usually the rider who affects the horses’
movements. |
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| spelling | RepoSLU160502020-09-18T01:01:03Z Ridskolehästens välfärd : en jämförelsestudie om inhysningssystem kopplat till hästens benhälsa och skador Welfare of the riding school horse : a comparison study about housing systems linked to the horse leg health and injuries Iversby, Martine Söderby, Moa välfärd inhysning ridskola The riding school horse is the most important asset for a riding school. Every individual is as important and if one of them gets injured it affects both the economy and the other healthy horses who then will have to work harder. Today, the way we usually keep our horses at the riding schools is not as different from the old military days. The most common housing system is that horses stay inside in boxes during nighttime and only go outside a few hours a day with other horses. There is research that can prove that the horses get their natural behaviors fulfilled when they are in groups and can move and eat as much as they want to. It is hard to find research about how housing affects the welfare of the riding school horses when it comes to leg health and if there is a link between housing system and injuries. The aim of the study was to compare the housing system at two different riding schools to see if there was any difference when it came to injured riding school horses. One of the riding schools had stables with boxes (BOX) and the other riding school used a group housing system (LOS). The questions examined in the study were: Does housing have any significance for the injuries causing lameness on a riding school horse? Does housing have any impact on how much a riding school horse stumbles during lessons? Can the housing system have an impact on the swelling of the horses’ legs? We used three different methods to measure the welfare of the riding school horses; compiling injury data from 2019, observations of riding lessons and compiling injury data from 2019 and measuring the circumference of the legs in the morning and the evening. There was a difference between the results of the housing systems for the horses that were injured and lame and could not participate in the daily activities. The mean value of horses in LOS was 10.6 days of injury per lameness, compared to 43.5 days for the horses in BOX. The horses that were kept in the stable had more swelling in their legs in the morning compared to the horses in the loose housing, where there was no difference between morning and evening. There was no difference with the amount of stumbling between the riding schools. The conclusions according to this study were that housing system had an influence on the swelling in the leg of the horses and that the housing system could have an effect on the injuries and the lameness on the riding school horses but more studies are needed to confirm this. The housing system did not seem to be the reason why the horses stumble during the riding lessons though, because it is usually the rider who affects the horses’ movements. Denna studie är en jämförelsestudie mellan två ridskolor med olika inhysningssystem, med fokus på hästarnas välfärd. Den ena ridskolan har hästarna uppstallade på box medan den andra har en lösdrift. En stor del av ridskolorna idag har kvar ett äldre inhysningsalternativ med traditionella boxar istället för lösdrift vilket begränsar snarare än främjar hästens möjlighet till rörelse. Syftet med denna studie var att undersöka om inhysningssystemet kunde ha en påverkan på ridskolehästarnas välfärd och då med fokus på benhälsa och skador. Våra frågeställningar var: Har inhysning någon betydelse 17 för skadehistoriken när det kommer till hältor på ridskolehästen? Har inhysning någon påverkan på hur mycket en ridskolehäst snubblar på lektionstid? Kan inhysningssystemet ha en påverkan på svullnad i hästarnas ben? Insamlingen av data genomfördes genom att observera lektionsverksamheten, mäta omkretsen på hästarnas ben, samt granska skadehistoriken över år 2019 i hästarnas journaler. Resultatet visade en stor variation mellan inhysningssystemen i antalet dagar och veckor där hästarna var ur lektionsverksamheten på grund av hälta. Medelvärdet var 10,6 dagar för LÖS och 43,5 dagar för BOX. Hästarna på BOX visade också tydlig ökning i svullnad i omkrets kring benen på morgon än LÖS som inte hade någon signifikant skillnad mellan morgon och kväll. Ingen skillnad gick att se med antalet snubblingar mellan de olika ridskolorna. Slutsatserna är att inhysningssystem har en påverkan på svullnad i hästens ben. Inhysningssystemet är inte enligt denna studie en konkret orsak till att hästarna snubblar utan de faktorer som påverkar detta verkar istället vara ryttaren kopplat till vilken lektionstyp det är. Enligt denna studie skulle inhysningssystemet kunna ha en påverkan på hur mycket hältor ridskolehästarna drabbas av, vidare forskning behövs dock för att fastställa detta. SLU/Dept. of Animal Environment and Health (until 231231) 2020 M2 swe eng https://stud.epsilon.slu.se/16050/ |
| spellingShingle | välfärd inhysning ridskola Iversby, Martine Söderby, Moa Ridskolehästens välfärd : en jämförelsestudie om inhysningssystem kopplat till hästens benhälsa och skador |
| title | Ridskolehästens välfärd : en jämförelsestudie om inhysningssystem kopplat till hästens benhälsa och skador |
| title_full | Ridskolehästens välfärd : en jämförelsestudie om inhysningssystem kopplat till hästens benhälsa och skador |
| title_fullStr | Ridskolehästens välfärd : en jämförelsestudie om inhysningssystem kopplat till hästens benhälsa och skador |
| title_full_unstemmed | Ridskolehästens välfärd : en jämförelsestudie om inhysningssystem kopplat till hästens benhälsa och skador |
| title_short | Ridskolehästens välfärd : en jämförelsestudie om inhysningssystem kopplat till hästens benhälsa och skador |
| title_sort | ridskolehästens välfärd : en jämförelsestudie om inhysningssystem kopplat till hästens benhälsa och skador |
| topic | välfärd inhysning ridskola |