Study of the behaviour, digestive efficiency and gut transit times of crib-biting horses.
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.
McGreevy
P D
PD
Department of Clinical Veterinary Science, University of Bristol, Langford.
Webster
A J
AJ
Nicol
C J
CJ
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
D012460:Sulfasalazine; D013427:Sulfapyridine