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By Sue McDonnell, PhD, Certified AAB
Nov 28, 2013
Q. A few years ago I read an article describing research done at New Bolton Center on drinking behavior. It said that the research showed that in winter, horses prefer to drink warm water rather than ice cold water, and, as a result, veterinarians recommend giving horses warm water during the winter to be sure that they drink enough.
So, that winter we hung buckets of water along the fence every morning and evening at feeding time. It seemed our horses drank very little warm water from the buckets. Instead, they kept going to the stream even when it was partially frozen over. On days that the stream was completely frozen, they would drink from the buckets. We thought they might not like something about the hanging buckets, which were quite a distance from their hay racks...
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http://www.thehorse.com/articles/15582/drinking-water-temperature?utm_source=Newsletter&utm_medium=nutrition&utm_campaign=12-02-2013
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