The effect of diet on cribbing behavior and plasma beta-endorphin in horses (1994)

Board-Gillham, S., Dodman, N. H., Shuster, L. et al.

Abstract

Feeding grain was found to cause a significant increase in cribbing frequency. Beta-endorphin levels in cribbing horses were half those of non-cribbing controls.

Published
1994

Animal Type
Equine

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Citation
Board-Gillham, S., Dodman, N. H., Shuster, L. et al. 1994. The effect of diet on cribbing behavior and plasma beta-endorphin in horses. Applied Animal Behaviour Science 41, 147-153.

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