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A Case of Fence Entrapment Associated with Anti-Welfare in a Thoroughbred Colt with Misbehavior at a Paddock

행동장애를 가진 Thoroughbred 수망아지에서 반동물복지와 연관된 펜스함정 1례

  • Yang, Jae-Hyuk (Department of Equine Industry, Korea National College of Agriculture and Fisheries) ;
  • Park, Yong-Soo (Department of Equine Industry, Korea National College of Agriculture and Fisheries)
  • Published : 2016.08.30

Abstract

The welfare of horses depends on satisfying both the physiological and psychological needs of the animal. The object of this study was to evaluate fence safety at the horse farm. A Thoroughbred colt with cribbing was found dead in a paddock. The fence of paddock is a four-pipe fencing. He cribbed the 2nd pipe from the top. But he couldn't pull his face because his incisors acted as hooks and two ramuses of the mandible was entrapped in a top pipe. So he was embarrassed and went down while he terribly struggled to get out his face. Finally, he was strangulated to death. Safe fencing is essential on a horse farm. The function of these fences are to protect the horses but it was more of a hazard. In order to safe management of horses, facial length of the horse and the pipe interval of the fence should be considered. Further research is needed to put a muzzle on the horses while they are at a paddock. This study provides important benchmarks for the equine industry to consider fence type and evaluate fence safety.

말의 복지는 생리적 및 심리적 필요의 만족에 좌우된다. 본 연구의 목적은 말목장에서 펜스의 안전을 평가하기 위함이다. 행동장애(Cribbing)를 가진 Thoroughbred 수망아지 한 마리가 패독에서 폐사한 채 발견되었다. 패독의 펜스는 4개의 파이프로 만들어졌고, 망아지는 위에서 2번째 파이프를 무는 행동장애를 하였다. 그러나 그 망아지는 얼굴을 빼지 못하였는데 그 이유는 아래턱이 1번째 파이프에 걸렸고 앞니가 2번째 파이프에 끼었기 때문이다. 그래서 망아지는 얼굴을 빼기 위해서 사투하는 동안에 당황하였고, 쓰러졌으며 결국 교사하였다. 안전펜스는 말목장에 필수적이고 그 기능은 말을 보호하는 것이지만 위해를 가하였다. 말의 안전한 관리를 위하여 말 얼굴길이와 파이프의 간격을 고려하여야한다. 말이 패독에 있을 때 입마개를 씌울 필요가 있는지 더 연구가 필요하다. 본 연구는 말산업에서 펜스타입과 안전성평가에 중요한 벤치마크를 제공하였다.

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Acknowledgement

We would like to thank employees especially at the equine veterinary hospitals for their outstanding works. All data of this study were used under permission of Korea Racing Authority.

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