| Literature DB >> 560965 |
K Francis-Smith, D G Wood-Gush.
Abstract
Four Thoroughbred foals were seen to quickly eat part of the faeces deposited by their own dams on some 40 per cent of the mare-defaecating occasions observed between the second and fifth week after birth. They did not do it before or after this period. This behaviour was thought to be a feeding pattern which formed a normal part of the foal's development.Mesh：
Year: 1977 PMID： 560965 DOI： 10.1111/j.2042-3306.1977.tb04010.x
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Equine Vet J ISSN： 0425-1644 Impact factor: 2.888