Domestic horses sometimes engage in stereotyped behaviors (a repetitive movement that appears to have no purpose or function.) In horses, these behaviors may include cribbing, pawing, head shaking, ...

In the ongoing hunt to explain the relationship between cribbing and colic, researchers have discovered that cribbing causes increased intra-abdominal pressure. Intra-abdominal pressure—which is any ...

Scientists have established the link between cribbing (also called windsucking) and colic, but a "causal" relationship between the two remains to be proven, say researchers from the University of ...

Without knowing the exact cause for cribbing behavior in horses, prevention can be difficult, explains Sara L. Mastellar, South Dakota State University Equine Instructor. "Horses that crib may spend ...

— Horse owners may be able to curb a particularly bad habit in their animals that can lead to dental problems, weight loss and poor condition. — a horse's habit of anchoring its top teeth on a fence ...

In two previous blog posts, I discussed what we currently understand about addiction. You can read them here and here. More recently, a study reported in the March 30, 2016 issue of the Journal of the ...