PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Šišková, Pavla
AU  - Jiskrová, Iva
AU  - Mikule, Vladimír
TI  - An ethological study of young horses
DP  - 2014 Dec 3
TA  - Acta Universitatis Agriculturae et Silviculturae Mendelianae Brunensis
PG  - 129--136
VI  - 54
IP  - 5
AID - 10.11118/actaun200654050129
IS  - 12118516
AB  - In the present study called "An Ethological Study of Young Horses" we focused on the behaviour of foals from their birth to separation from their mother. We observed and analysed their behaviour and daily activities, and from the achieved results we drew conclusions for practical horse breeding. We studied the following forms of behaviour of the foals: feeding behaviour (sucking, drinking, eating roughage and concentrates, gleaning, coprophagia), defecation and micturition, comfortable behaviour and mutual comfort behaviour, manifestations of relaxation (resting posture, lying down), movement manifestations, playful behaviour, stereotype behaviour, other manifestations (acoustic, olfactory etc).As a result we recommended several changes in the technology, e.g. larger stables, salt-lick out of reach of the foals, more frequent exchange of bedding, shelter for horses grazing in the open.