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Bedding choices for horses - an overview

Saastamoinen, Markku (2011) Bedding choices for horses - an overview. In: Housing and management of horses in Nordic and Baltic climate, Nordic Association of Agricultural Scientists, 7 (2), NJF Report, pp. 33-36.

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Summary

Choose of the bedding material is important especially in the Northern climate conditions, because
the horses are kept most part of the day and year indoors during their life. Especially, the effect of
the bedding material on the quality of the stable air is of great importance. Based on their
properties, it seems that peat and straw pellets are the most suitable beddings for horse stables. Also
pelleted newspaper seems to have a good potential as a bedding material.


EPrint Type:Conference paper, poster, etc.
Type of presentation:Paper
Keywords:horses, bedding, materials
Subjects: Animal husbandry
Research affiliation: Finland > Luke Natural Resources Institute
Related Links:http://www.mtt.fi/english
Deposited By: Koistinen, Riitta
ID Code:19450
Deposited On:23 Sep 2011 09:05
Last Modified:23 Sep 2011 09:05
Document Language:English
Status:Published
Refereed:Not peer-reviewed

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