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The latest information on equine behavior from Equine Science Update.

Does tryptophan calm horses? Research suggests that a single dose of tryptophan does not have a calming effect on horses.... Do horses suffer from jet lag? Recent studies suggest that horses are better able than humans to readjust to a sudden change in daylight hours... Fetal gender determines weaning age in zebra. According to studies in captive zebra mares in the Czech Republic, the gender of the mares unborn foal can influence the time of weaning. What colors do horses see? How do horses see color? Dr Evelyn Hanggi and Jerry Ingersoll of the Equine Research Foundation, Aptos, California, with the help of Terrace L Waggoner of the Eye Clinic at the Naval Hospital at Pensacola, Florida, performed a study to investigate what colors horses could distinguish. Feeding behavior. When horses are kept in a group, competition for food and the herd social hierarchy conspire to make feeding time a potentially dangerous affair. Which is the safest way to feed groups of yearlings turned out at pasture? A study at Pennsylvania State University investigated how horses responded to three different feeding systems.