Proceedings of the BEVA specialist days on behavior and nutrition /

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors: British Equine Veterinary Association, Waltham Centre for Pet Nutrition
Other Authors: Harris, P. A. (Pat A.)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Newmarket, Suffolk : Equine Veterinary Journal Ltd, [1999]
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Natural horse - unnatural behavior : why understanding natural horse behavior is important
  • Stereotypies and their relation to management
  • Sexual behavior - is there life after castration?
  • The origin and development of behavioural problems in the horse
  • Increasing visual horizons reduces stereotypic patterns of weaving in the stabled horse
  • Recognising the importance of pain in the diagnosis of equine behaviour problems
  • The use of training techniques to manage behavioural problems in horses
  • Herbs - a sage of all wisdom or a waste of thyme?
  • The battered foal - mare rejection of the foal
  • Imprint training the newborn foal : a fast, effective method for shaping a horse's personality
  • Practical tips on fostering
  • How understanding the digestive process can help minimise digestive disturbances due to diet and feeding practices
  • Why feed fibre to the performance horse today?
  • Can I feed this haylage or silage to my horse?
  • Botulism - beware!
  • Energy and the performance horse
  • Vitamins, trace elements and electrolytes for the performance horse
  • Which supplements, if any, should be fed?
  • Sugar is bad for my horse, isn't it?
  • Food allergy and urticaria : fact or fiction? Is time of feeding critical for performance? How and what to feed a thin horse with and without disease
  • What to feed pre- and post surgery
  • How to feed the sick foal
  • Feeding the sick horse
  • Feeding and management advice for 'tying up'/azoturia/Monday morning disease/ Equine Rhabdomyolysis Syndrome etc.