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The importance of horses’ senses in a nutritional context

DOI: https://doi.org/10.24326/jasbb.2025.5578
Przesłane: 29 lipca 2025
Opublikowane: 16.12.2025

Abstrakt

Zmysły konia są bardzo wyostrzone i nastawione na ciągłą analizę bodźców płynących z otoczenia. Ich rola w wyborze odpowiedniej paszy jest bardzo ważna i często niedoceniana przez ich opiekunów. W porównaniu do ich dzikich przodków, obecnie konie nie mają swobody w wyborze rodzaju i ilości paszy. Zamiast tego otrzymują paszę wybraną i przygotowaną przez człowieka. Nierzadko spotyka się zjawisko tzw. neofobii pokarmowej, czyli odmowy spożywania przez konie paszy o nieznanym smaku lub zapachu. Dotyczy to również spożywania suplementów, leków, a czasem nawet wody, co może stanowić spory problem dla użytkowników koni, a nawet prowadzić do zaburzeń zdrowotnych tych zwierząt. Dlatego też niniejszy artykuł porusza temat roli zmysłów koni w kontekście ich żywienia.

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