title: Evaluation of intra-abdominal pressure in horses that crib.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To measure intra-abdominal pressure (IAP) in horses that crib and compare it with IAP in horses that do not have this vice.
  
  
  METHODS
  Cohort study.
  
  
  METHODS
  Healthy cribbing horses (cribbing cohort, n = 8) and 8 healthy noncribbing horses (noncribbing cohort).
  
  
  METHODS
  A microsensor catheter was introduced into the peritoneal cavity through the right paralumbar fossa, using local anesthesia, for measurement of IAP. These pressures were recorded in 1-minute intervals for 2 hours, while the horses were standing tied in a stall. IAPs of cribbing horses were compared to the noncribbing cohort.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Baseline IAPs were not significantly different between cribbing and noncribbing cohorts (P = .076); however, IAPs in the cribbing cohort were significantly increased when compared with the noncribbing cohort, during active cribbing behavior (P = .0016). Frequency of cribbing was not associated with increased IAP (P = .35). IAPs in the cribbing cohort remained significantly elevated compared with the noncribbing cohort, even after the behavior had ceased (P = .0002).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Cribbing is associated with increased IAP in the horse, both during and after the behavior.
authors.affiliation: Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama, USA.
authors.forename: Valeria
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Albanese
authors.forename: Amelia S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Munsterman
authors.forename: Fred J
authors.initials: FJ
authors.lastname: DeGraves
authors.forename: R Reid
authors.initials: RR
authors.lastname: Hanson
mesh_terms: D000005:Abdomen / Q000502:physiology*; D000818:Animals; D005260:Female; D006736:Horses / Q000502:physiology*; D008297:Male; D008365:Manometry / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods / Q000662:veterinary; D011312:Pressure; D013239:Stereotyped Behavior / Q000502:physiology*