While horses can doze while standing, they still need to lie down for short periods to enter REM (rapid eye movement) sleep, which is essential for their overall health. REM sleep requires full ...

Taking longer to enter the dream phase can disrupt the ability to consolidate memories and interfere with emotion regulation.

We aimed at studying sleep disorders in horses and backround factors affecting resting comfort and sleep in horses. Horses are classified as short-sleeping grazers, presumed to have short daily ...