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02-05-2008, 02:27 PM
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Study: Human interaction with foals a 'stessor'
Interesting French study about the handling of foals in earliest postnatal period... Will bring this up with Dr. Allday on ATR today and am anxious for Pais' take...
FULL PIECE: http://www.thehorse.com/ViewArticle....&WT.mc_id=news Human interaction with foals at a critical early developmental age appears to be a stressor, whereas positive human interaction with the dam creates a strong model for the observing foal, according to a series of ongoing research projects at the University of Rennes in northwestern France. The team's new findings are raising questions about the 15-year-old desensitization technique of imprinting and the common practice of guided suckling...
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