Chestnut Hanoverian horses have a repute for being delicate. Kylie Heitman did not know that when she bought her mare Lena, who’s skilled for a type of competitors driving referred to as dressage. “She is quite sensitive and high-strung,” Heitman says, including that it was a problem to maintain the horse calm when she tried introducing her to new objects or abilities. “She’s quite opinionated, too.” Heitman, a biology pupil at Albion College, questioned if lavender oil, recognized for its calming properties in people, might assist loosen up horses throughout demanding occasions, comparable to once they’re transported in trailers to efficiency occasions. To discover out, she carried out a analysis research, and introduced the leads to a poster session on the 2017 Experimental Biology convention. Some of her findings fall according to a handful of earlier experiments that present that lavender oil reduces stress in animals, together with canines, sheep, mice, cats and likewise peop...
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