Horse owners may lack knowledge about natural thermoregulation mechanisms in horses.
Horses are managed intensively; usually stabled at night and turned out during the day …

Photoperiod is considered the most dominant environmental cue allowing animals to
anticipate and adapt to seasonal changes. In seasonally breeding mammals, changes in …

Assessment of body temperature is an essential part of every physical examination. As with
all mammalian species, horses normally maintain their core body temperatures within a …

Infrared thermography is a non‐invasive technique which allows to distinguish between
pregnant and non‐pregnant animals. Detecting accurate body surface temperatures can be …

Simple Summary Horses are frequently transported and exposed to a new environment for
sport competition or working tasks and must readapt to their original conditions after a …

Simple Summary Thermographic imaging is a potentially useful tool in pregnancy detection
in equids, especially native or wildlife breeds. In late gestation, the differences in …

Abstract The Polish Konik is a primitive breed of horse, most likely descended directly from
the wild extinct forest equus so-called Tarpan (Equus ferus ferus). The studbook of this …

In horses, blue LED light directed at one eye of pregnant mares shortens gestation length
and results in the birth of foals with lower wither heights, similar weight and reduced hair …

This paper analyzes changes in the length of coat on selected body areas in horses and
ponies kept under different husbandry (stable) conditions during the winter‐spring period …

The objective of the study was to determine whether the coat cover in Polish Konik mares is
more dense in winter than in summer and whether the possible difference is effected by the …