Horse — behavior & stereotypic / anxiety management — dietary management (Europe PMC)

Horse — behavior & stereotypic / anxiety management — dietary management (Europe PMC)

Source: Europe PMC REST search, query "(horse OR equine) AND (behavior OR stereotypic OR anxiety OR stress) AND (diet OR nutrition OR feeding OR management)", 81285 hits (2026-07-22). 6 representative studies below (filtered for species + nutrition relevance).

1. PMID 42193726 — Welfare Assessment in Equine-Assisted Service (EAS) Horses. (Animals : an open access journal from MDPI, 2026). Abstract (opening): Equine-Assisted Service (EAS) horses can be exposed to stressors that affect their behavior and welfare. Previous studies investigated behavioral and physiological indicators (PI) *[CC BY — Open Access, verbatim with attribution.]*
2. PMID 42028318 — Opportunities for agency in domestic horses: Applying the behavioural domain to increase equine welfare. (Animal welfare (South Mimms, England), 2026). Abstract (opening): Giving animals the opportunity to exercise agency can improve their welfare, but horse owners and researchers may not be aware of the growing body of agency research in other anima *[CC BY — Open Access, verbatim with attribution.]*
3. PMID 42193848 — Farm Atmosphere: Calm Attention and Mobility Characterise Positive Horse Welfare. (Animals : an open access journal from MDPI, 2026). Abstract (opening): On-farm welfare assessment of equines is a challenge given the large diversity of management practices, especially in terms of housing and activities. In our study, we tested time *[CC BY — Open Access, verbatim with attribution.]*
4. PMID 42151949 — *[Paraphrased derived summary — non-Open-Access source.]* A 2026 BMC Veterinary Research study tested concentrates with different energy levels on growth performance, blood indicators, and fecal microbiota of Mongolian horses in late gestation; the excerpt is cut off after background on the history of horse breeding and management. (Clustered under behavior-diet but is actually a late-gestation growth-nutrition study; borderline on-topic for equine diet.)
5. PMID 42046067 — A scoping review of neuroendocrinological biomarkers with potential for use in equine behavioral medicine practice. (BMC veterinary research, 2026). Abstract (opening): BACKGROUND: Equine emotion and welfare are of increasing concern to the general public, equestrians and researchers. There is growing demand for more objective indicators of specif *[CC BY — Open Access, verbatim with attribution.]*
6. PMID 42278060 — The Role of Omega-3 Fatty Acids in Horses' Nutrition-A Review. (Animals : an open access journal from MDPI, 2026). Abstract (opening): This narrative review presents examples of omega-3 fatty acids supplementation in horse nutrition. Fats are essential in equine nutrition, serving not only as an energy source but *[CC BY — Open Access, verbatim with attribution.]*

Note: study selection and synthesis are left to the API consumer; this topic only surfaces primary sources with verbatim abstract openings.

Source text: pdf-raw/evidence/europepmc_evidence_equine_behavior_diet_2026-07-22.txt (Europe PMC REST + PubMed efetch, 2026-07-22).

License & attribution

Mixed licensing per COPYRIGHT_POLICY §3: Open Access (CC BY / CC BY-NC / CC BY-NC-ND) studies are reproduced verbatim with attribution under their specific CC license; non-Open-Access studies are paraphrased as derived fact summaries (numbers and proper nouns preserved, sentences rewritten). Original records:

• https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/42028318/
• https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/42046067/
• https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/42151949/
• https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/42193726/
• https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/42193848/
• https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/42278060/