Bone Strength and Mass: Impacts of Stall Rest and Sprinting
Bone Strength and Mass: Impacts of Stall Rest and Sprinting Bone Strength and Mass: Impacts of Stall Rest and Sprinting Keeping a horse in a stall to prevent pasture injuries is a common practice, but it can actually lead bone mass loss if he is not given turnout time. Confining horses to stalls and pens is a common practice thought to protect them from hurting themselves in turnout. But an American Quarter Horse Foundation-funded study performed by Brian Nielsen from Michigan State University has discovered a surprising side effect to this confinement: penned horses suff...
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