Study: Foals With Extended Turnout Less Likely To Experience Injuries Later In Life
In addition, each one-acre increase in turnout area when foals were four months old reduced the rate of musculoskeletal injury and disease when they were between 6 and 19 months of age by 24 percent
Weanling and yearling Thoroughbreds turned out full time are less likely to experience injury later in life than their counterparts with limited turnout, reports EquiManagement.
Scientists in the United Kingdom wanted to learn whether there was a correlation between turnout practices and rates of musculoskeletal injury and disease in horses. They hypothesized that the ability to move at will in large areas would modulate the youngster’s behavior and tissue development, possibly leading to fewer issues later in life.
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