Hlapanje pri konjih

diplomsko delo

Lina Lauko (Author), Aleš Kuhar (Reviewer), Manja Zupan (Mentor)

Abstract

Hlapanje sodi med najpogostejše oblike stereotipij pri konjih in številne študije so bile narejene, da bi povezale vzroke pojava in potencialno funkcijo tega obnašanja. Med dejavnike, ki vplivajo na pojav hlapanja, sodita krmljenje in uhlevitev, novejše raziskave pa nakazujejo tudi na možnost dedovanja in pasemske podvrženosti. Mnogi raziskovalci so mnenja, da s hlapanjem konji zmanjšujejo stres, kateremu so podvrženi v modernih sistemih uhlevitve in kot posledica intenzivnega treninga, zaradi česar ga lahko označimo tudi kot mehanizem spopadanja z okoljem in s pogoji, ki za konja niso optimalni. Med posledice hlapanja vključujemo obrabo zob, koliko ter oteženo pridobivanje na telesni masi. Večina lastnikov hlapajočih konj želi izražanje preprečiti in razvite so bile različne metode preprečevanja. Če hipoteza o spopadanju s stresom drži, je preprečevanje izražanja hlapanja s fizičnimi in operacijskimi metodami, ne da bi upoštevali vzroke pojava, lahko zelo vprašljivo z vidika dobrobiti konja. S pomočjo ankete, opravljene na 20 lastnikih konj, smo primerjali načine spopadanja slovenskih lastnikov hlapajočih konj s tem problemom in priporočila iz literature. Rezultati so pokazali, da lastniki konj še vedno stremijo k preprečevanju hlapanja s fizičnimi metodami, predvsem z uporabo ovratnice, manj pa se posvečajo odstranjevanju vzroka pojava in spremembam v uhlevitvi in krmi.

Keywords

konji;obnašanje živali;motnje v obnašanju;stereotipije;ankete;diplomske naloge;

Data

Language:	Slovenian
Year of publishing:	2017
Typology:	2.11 - Undergraduate Thesis
Organization:	UL BF - Biotechnical Faculty
Publisher:	[L. Lauko]
UDC:	636.1:591.5(043.2)
COBISS:	3962760
Views:	1678
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Secondary language:	English
Secondary title:	Cribbing in horses
Secondary abstract:	Cribbing is one of the most common stereotypic behaviours in horses. Many studies have been made to show links between causes and potential function of these behaviours. Factors, which are crucial in the development of cribbing, include feeding and housing conditions, and some of the recent studies have shown also the possibility of the inheritance and the breed predispositions. Many researchers have suggested that one of the functions of cribbing is that it reduces stress, which is caused by modern housing systems or intensive training, and because of that we can consider it also as coping mechanism in horses which do not have optimal environment. We know that cribbing affects teeth erosion, colic and difficulty in gaining weight. Many owners want to stop this behaviour and different methods of controlling cribbing have been developed. If the hypothesis about reducing stress is correct, controlling cribbing, especially with physical and operative methods, without considering the causes, is of a great welfare concern. With interviewing 20 horse owners, we investigated how Slovenian owners of cribbing horses deal with the problem and compared this with the recommendations from the literature. We discovered that physical prevention of cribbing with a collar is more commonly used in Slovenia than finding the causes or changing housing conditions and feeding practices.
Secondary keywords:	horses;animal behaviour;stereotypies;questionnaries;
Type (COBISS):	Diploma project paper
Study programme:	0
Embargo end date (OpenAIRE):	1970-01-01
Thesis comment:	Univ. v Ljubljani, Biotehniška fak., Oddelek za zootehniko
Pages:	VI, 31 str., [2] str. pril.
ID:	10910376