Efficacy of Wearing Grazing Muzzles for 10 Hours per Day on Controlling Bodyweight in Pastured Ponies
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- 作者：Annette C. Longlanda ; elns.longland@btinternet.com" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author ; Clare Barfootb ; Patricia A. Harrisc
- 关键词：Pony ; Grazing muzzle ; Obesity ; Bodyweight ; Pasture
- 刊名：Journal of Equine Veterinary Science
- 出版年：2016
- 出版时间：October 2016
- 年：2016
- 卷：45
- 期：Complete
- 页码：22-27
- 全文大小：204 K
文摘
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Grazing muzzles for 10 hours followed by 13 hours of free grazing reduced weight gain in most ponies.
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However, one pony muzzled for 10 hours gained as much weight as ponies grazing unmuzzled for 23 hours.
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One pony developed an aversion to wearing a grazing muzzle for 10 hours.