Thursday, August 18, 2022

Isolation may affect horses' health too: Housing them alone appears to stress and hamper their immune system

Peer-Reviewed Publication

PLOS

Two horses in Germany. 

IMAGE: TWO HORSES IN GERMANY. view more 

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Isolation may affect horses' health too: housing them alone appears to stress and hamper their immune system

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Article URL:  https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0272445

Article Title: Single housing but not changes in group composition causes stress-related immunomodulations in horses

Author Countries: Germany

Funding: The study was funded by the Ministry of Food, Rural Affairs and Consumer Protection of the State of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.

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