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stable groups and positive contacts improve their
capacity to adapt, helping to avoid a phenotype
that is vulnerable to stress.
Items to Take into Account when Confronting Weaning:
Horses are social animals
Respecting their needs diminishes stress and
generates resistant animals
Stable groups have less conflict This makes them more efficient and adaptable
Affinity among foals exists
This priority link is a valid tool when facing any
kind of management
Weaning implies sudden nutritional change

Manouvers anticipating adaptation of the digestive
system in processing a greater amount of fiber
and water consumption is possible
Dam removal (respecting priority link with
another equal) This is one of the most efficient forms of
management
Presence of adults in groups of foals
It improves social conditions; contributes towards
appeasement and diminishes conflict
Phenotype vulnerable to stress It is generated while raising (ontogenetic) and
often causes the genetic promise to fail.
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