Study of the behaviour, digestive efficiency and gut transit times of crib-biting horses |
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Authors: | McGreevy P D Webster A J Nicol C J |
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Institution: | Department of Clinical Veterinary Science, University of Bristol, Langford. |
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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. |
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