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Article History

Received: 17 February 2017

Accepted: 1 June 2018

First Online: 15 June 2018

Ethics approval and consent to participate

: The study was approved by the Viikki Campus Research Ethics Committee of the University of Helsinki. All horse owners signed a study consent before the start of the study and owners were allowed withdraw from the study without giving any particular reason.

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