The pre-transport management of stress in performance horses
The aim of this study was to ascertain whether DeStress ® nutritional therapy administration to performance horses prior to transportation would reduce stress expression in these animals. Ten performance horses were used in the present study offered either control (rice hulls) or treated (DeStress crumbles) diets pre transport. A cross-over design where by all animals were tested both under control and treatment conditions was used. Orbital eye temperatures determined non-invasively pre-transport and post-transport with infrared thermography were used to monitor the efficacy of this nutritional therapy.
Source: Journal of Equine Veterinary Science - Category: Veterinary Research Authors: Chance Butterfield, Bernie Grumpelt, Darrell Kimmel, Rob Patterson, Krisjan Jones, Shannon L. Scott, Al Schaefer Tags: Short Communication Source Type: research