azoturia

A Compromise

Having horses stabled for short or long periods inevitably leads to compromise. Just as we have issues with being in an office all day, so do horses when they are stabled. Instead of roaming in an area of hundreds of hectares, as they would have in the wild, they find themselves almost immobile. This in turn can contribute to behavioral vices as well as health implications:

• Abnormal tooth wear from short-fibred feed