Olfactory Stimulation as Environmental Enrichment for Domestic Horses
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  • Release Date: 2023-11-09
  • animal welfare
  • behavior
  • equine
  • essential oils
  • odorants
  • odors
  • stress
  • smell
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This video is adapted from 10.3390/ani13203180

Equine welfare is a topic that has attracted the attention of both the scientific community and the public. In the domestic environment, horses are often kept in suboptimal conditions that limit the expression of species-typical behaviors and compromise their welfare. Environmental enrichment strategies have been identified as an interesting option to make the domestic environment more interactive and complex, resulting in an improvement in the animal’s quality of life. Olfactory stimulation, a form of sensory environmental enrichment that aims to trigger the sense of smell through the introduction of odors, has shown promise for horses.

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Bini De Lima, A.C.; Fé, V.C.S.D.; Hernandes, M.S.P.; Santos, V.M.O.D. Olfactory Stimulation as Environmental Enrichment for Domestic Horses. Encyclopedia. Available online: https://encyclopedia.pub/video/video_detail/953 (accessed on 03 May 2024).
Bini De Lima AC, Fé VCSD, Hernandes MSP, Santos VMOD. Olfactory Stimulation as Environmental Enrichment for Domestic Horses. Encyclopedia. Available at: https://encyclopedia.pub/video/video_detail/953. Accessed May 03, 2024.
Bini De Lima, Ana Caroline, Vanessa Cristini Sebastião Da Fé, Maria Simara Palermo Hernandes, Viviane Maria Oliveira Dos Santos. "Olfactory Stimulation as Environmental Enrichment for Domestic Horses" Encyclopedia, https://encyclopedia.pub/video/video_detail/953 (accessed May 03, 2024).
Bini De Lima, A.C., Fé, V.C.S.D., Hernandes, M.S.P., & Santos, V.M.O.D. (2023, November 09). Olfactory Stimulation as Environmental Enrichment for Domestic Horses. In Encyclopedia. https://encyclopedia.pub/video/video_detail/953
Bini De Lima, Ana Caroline, et al. "Olfactory Stimulation as Environmental Enrichment for Domestic Horses." Encyclopedia. Web. 09 November, 2023.