Water bucket colour preferences in horses

ABSTRACT: There is a general agreement that horses have dichromatic colour vision with similar capabilities to those of human beings with red-green colour deficiencies. However, whether colour perception has an impact on equine preference for drinking water and how pronounced the colour stimulus mig...

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Autores principales: Yildirim,Fatih, Yildiz,Ahmet
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Publicado: Universidad Austral de Chile. Facultad de Ciencias Veterinarias 2020
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spelling oai:scielo:S0719-813220200002000492020-05-29Water bucket colour preferences in horsesYildirim,FatihYildiz,Ahmet bucket colour equine preference assessment water consumption ABSTRACT: There is a general agreement that horses have dichromatic colour vision with similar capabilities to those of human beings with red-green colour deficiencies. However, whether colour perception has an impact on equine preference for drinking water and how pronounced the colour stimulus might be for horses is still unknown. This study aimed to investigate the preference of horses for different coloured buckets (red, light green, yellow, green, light blue, turquoise) with different tones, in terms of lightness and darkness, measured by the amount of water consumed from each of them in an outdoor arena. Three Thoroughbred and 3 Haflinger horses were used in the study, and data were collected between 09:00 - 16:00 h. The results showed that the average water consumption during this period can reach up to 25.74 L (at an average environmental temperature of 27.35 °C), and significantly more water had been consumed from the turquoise-coloured bucket than from the other colours. It was also observed that the light toned colours (turquoise, light blue) were preferred to dark ones (green, yellow, red). It is suggested to use water buckets that are turquoise and light blue. Further studies are needed to better understand the relationship between water consumption and colour vision.info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessUniversidad Austral de Chile. Facultad de Ciencias VeterinariasAustral journal of veterinary sciences v.52 n.2 20202020-05-01text/htmlhttp://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0719-81322020000200049en10.4067/S0719-81322020000200049
institution Scielo Chile
collection Scielo Chile
language English
topic bucket
colour
equine
preference assessment
water consumption
spellingShingle bucket
colour
equine
preference assessment
water consumption
Yildirim,Fatih
Yildiz,Ahmet
Water bucket colour preferences in horses
description ABSTRACT: There is a general agreement that horses have dichromatic colour vision with similar capabilities to those of human beings with red-green colour deficiencies. However, whether colour perception has an impact on equine preference for drinking water and how pronounced the colour stimulus might be for horses is still unknown. This study aimed to investigate the preference of horses for different coloured buckets (red, light green, yellow, green, light blue, turquoise) with different tones, in terms of lightness and darkness, measured by the amount of water consumed from each of them in an outdoor arena. Three Thoroughbred and 3 Haflinger horses were used in the study, and data were collected between 09:00 - 16:00 h. The results showed that the average water consumption during this period can reach up to 25.74 L (at an average environmental temperature of 27.35 °C), and significantly more water had been consumed from the turquoise-coloured bucket than from the other colours. It was also observed that the light toned colours (turquoise, light blue) were preferred to dark ones (green, yellow, red). It is suggested to use water buckets that are turquoise and light blue. Further studies are needed to better understand the relationship between water consumption and colour vision.
author Yildirim,Fatih
Yildiz,Ahmet
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Yildiz,Ahmet
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title Water bucket colour preferences in horses
title_short Water bucket colour preferences in horses
title_full Water bucket colour preferences in horses
title_fullStr Water bucket colour preferences in horses
title_full_unstemmed Water bucket colour preferences in horses
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publisher Universidad Austral de Chile. Facultad de Ciencias Veterinarias
publishDate 2020
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