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Study of the behaviour, digestive efficiency and gut transit times of crib‐biting horses
Author(s) -
McGreevy P. D.,
Webster A. J. F.,
Nicol C. J.
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
veterinary record
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.261
H-Index - 99
eISSN - 2042-7670
pISSN - 0042-4900
DOI - 10.1136/vr.148.19.592
Subject(s) - transit time , transit (satellite) , biology , zoology , public transport , transport engineering , law , political science , engineering
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.