Equine behavior: behavior tests, oats vs. TMR cubes test 2 with student and novel object test with dustbuster, Sassafras, mustang yearling female [video]. Retrieved from https://doi.org/doi:10.7282/T3K64GCP
DescriptionTest conducted by Natalia Dziegiel at the George H. Cook Campus, Rutgers University as part of the Young Horse Teaching & Research Program of the Equine Science Center, Rutgers University. One of a series of tests comparing behavior responses of mustangs fed a diet with oats versus behavior responses of mustangs fed a low starch diet(only total mixed ration cubes). In the second behavior test, four of the mustangs had been on an oats diet and four had been on a TMR cube diet for about 10 days. The subject was RU Sassafras. Duration of test: 398 sec. Overall Average score on a scale of 1-5 (5 is highest compliance): 4.1. Sassafras misbehaves during her turns and a holder is needed to make her cooperate when her feet are picked up. She is also unwilling to walk onto the scale.
NoteTwo tests in a series conducted on draft horse crosses and U.S. Bureau of Land Management mustangs.