title: Bilateral ventral accessory neurectomy in windsucking horses.
abstract: Bilateral neurectomy of the ventral branch of the spinal accessory nerve was performed in an attempt to control windsuckling. There was no permanent improvement in the eight cases described.
mesh_terms: D000055:Accessory Nerve / Q000601:surgery*; D000334:Aerophagy / Q000601:surgery / Q000662:veterinary*; D000818:Animals; D005260:Female; D006734:Horse Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D006736:Horses / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009121:Muscle Denervation