Previous trials have focused on stabled horses in assessing flavour acceptance. In this trial we aimed to investigate flavour acceptance by pastured horses. The hypothesis was that horses would vary in acceptance of diets based on their flavour. Eight flavours used historically as flavourants were presented to eight horses maintained at pasture, at 1% in standard meals of 100 g cereal by-product. Diet acceptance, selection and consumption times were recorded. A Latin Square design was used to control for order effects. Before data collection, two meals of 100g of base diet (a standard cereal by-product) were offered, at the usual meal times, to approximate standard hunger levels. For the trial, horses were brought into individual familiar...
Food intake is a key biological process in animals, as it determines the energy and nutrients availa...
Choice feeding is often used to investigate an animal’s nutritional requirements and dietary prefere...
Horses reared for meat production are generally fed a diet rich in starch with the aim ofmaximizing ...
Odour and taste are important factors in food selected and consumed by horses. Published trials in s...
Like most large grazing herbivores, horses select their food based on visual cues, odour, taste, tex...
There is little published information about feeding behaviour of horses presented with concentrate d...
In the domestic environment, horses are often presented with foods to which they are not evolutionar...
Three experiments were conducted to investigate factors that may influence horse and consumer prefer...
Published studies investigating foraging behaviour with bulk forages have identified the importance ...
While it has been established that nutrients and flavours (odour, taste) play an important role in d...
The stabled (UK) or stalled (USA) horse is commonly fed a restricted-forage diet in contrast to the ...
The equine athlete is subject to increasing demands on its physiology; more efficient transport mean...
Compared with other domestic animals, little is known about dietary preferences and feed palatabilit...
The current experiment examined the effect of switching from a moderate grain diet to a high grain d...
Introduction: Although it is widely asserted by horse owners that diet affects the tractability of h...
Food intake is a key biological process in animals, as it determines the energy and nutrients availa...
Choice feeding is often used to investigate an animal’s nutritional requirements and dietary prefere...
Horses reared for meat production are generally fed a diet rich in starch with the aim ofmaximizing ...
Odour and taste are important factors in food selected and consumed by horses. Published trials in s...
Like most large grazing herbivores, horses select their food based on visual cues, odour, taste, tex...
There is little published information about feeding behaviour of horses presented with concentrate d...
In the domestic environment, horses are often presented with foods to which they are not evolutionar...
Three experiments were conducted to investigate factors that may influence horse and consumer prefer...
Published studies investigating foraging behaviour with bulk forages have identified the importance ...
While it has been established that nutrients and flavours (odour, taste) play an important role in d...
The stabled (UK) or stalled (USA) horse is commonly fed a restricted-forage diet in contrast to the ...
The equine athlete is subject to increasing demands on its physiology; more efficient transport mean...
Compared with other domestic animals, little is known about dietary preferences and feed palatabilit...
The current experiment examined the effect of switching from a moderate grain diet to a high grain d...
Introduction: Although it is widely asserted by horse owners that diet affects the tractability of h...
Food intake is a key biological process in animals, as it determines the energy and nutrients availa...
Choice feeding is often used to investigate an animal’s nutritional requirements and dietary prefere...
Horses reared for meat production are generally fed a diet rich in starch with the aim ofmaximizing ...