title: Study of the behaviour, digestive efficiency and gut transit times of crib-biting horses.
abstract: The spontaneous behaviour and the apparent digestibility of dry matter and fibre and transit times of digesta were compared in four normal horses and four crib-biters. A technique was developed for measuring total gut transit times (TGTT) by using single-stool analysis of the passage of radio-opaque polyethylene markers. Longer TGTT were recorded in the crib-biters than in the normal horses but the orocaecal transit times did not differ. The crib-biters rested less than the normal horses.
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Veterinary Science, University of Bristol, Langford.
authors.forename: P D
authors.initials: PD
authors.lastname: McGreevy
authors.forename: A J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Webster
authors.forename: C J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Nicol
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001522:Behavior, Animal / Q000502:physiology*; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D004063:Digestion; D005769:Gastrointestinal Motility / Q000187:drug effects; D006734:Horse Diseases / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006736:Horses / Q000502:physiology* / Q000523:psychology; D008297:Male; D013239:Stereotyped Behavior / Q000502:physiology*; D013427:Sulfapyridine / Q000097:blood; D012460:Sulfasalazine / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D012460:Sulfasalazine; D013427:Sulfapyridine