Horse Transport, Housing Stress Reflected in Hormone Levels

by: Kathryn Watts, BS
Horse transport and housing has an effect on the animals' stress levels, according to Shannon Garey, a PhD candidate under the direction of Theodore Friend, PhD, PAS, Dipl. ACAABS, of Texas A&M. Garey presented results of an ongoing study on equine stress at the 2009 Equine Science Society meeting May 29-31 in Keystone, Colo. Researchers measured cortisol, a stress hormone, in ...