This is a list of references that I put together for a school project last semester. Most of these are journal articles related to research that has been done on treatment methods for cribbing, wind sucking, and weaving in horses.
This list is by no means complete. I’ve had a few friends interested in references on this topic, so I’m making this reference list available on my site.
If you google the titles of any of them, you should be able to find the abstracts.
~Mary
References
Christie, J. (2008). Horse behavior and stable vices. Publication #08538. Retrieved from: http://www.extension.umn.edu/distribution/livestocksystems/DI8538.pdf
Cooper, J. J., Mason, G. J. (1998). The identification of abnormal behavior and behaviour and behavioural problems in stabled horses and their relationship to horse welfare; a comparative review. Equine Veterinary Journal, 27 (supplement), 5-9.
Cooper, J. J., Mcall, N., Johnson, S., Davidson, H. P. B. (2005). The short-term effects of increasing meal frequency on stereotypic behaviour of stabled horses. Applied Animal Behaviour Science, 90, 351-364.
Cooper, J. J., McDonald, L., Mills, D. S. (2000). The effect of increasing visual horizons on stereotypic weaving: implications for the social housing of stabled horses. Applied Animal Behaviour Science, 69, 67-83.
DelaCalle, J., Burba, D. J., Tetens, J., Moore, R. M. (2002). Nd: YAG laser-assisted modified Forssell’s procedure for treatment of cribbing (crib-biting) in horses. Veterinary Surgery, 31(2), 111-116.
Dodman, N. H., Shuster, L., Court, M. H., Dixon, R. (1987). Investigation into the use of narcotic antagonists in the treatment of a stereotypic behavior pattern (crib-biting) in the horse. American Journal of Veterinary Research, 48(2), 311-319.
Gillham, S. B., Dodman, N. H., Shuster, L., Kream, R., Rand, W. (1994). The effect of diet on cribbing behavior and plasma ?-endorpin in horses. Applied Animal Behaviour Science, 41, 147-153.
Greet, T. R. C. (1982). Windsucking treated by myectomy and neurectomy. Equine Veterinary Journal, 14(4), 299-301.
Hakansson, A., Franzen, P., Pettersson, H. (1992). Comparison of two surgical methods for treatment of crib-biting in horses. Equine Veterinary Journal, 24(6), 494-496.
Hausberger, M., Gautier, E., Müller, C., Jego, P. (2007). Lower learning abilities in stereotypic horses. Applied Animal Behaviour Science, 107, 299-306.
Houpt, K. A., Crowley, L., Rousseliere, A., (2005). Operant learning as a means of measuring equine motivation to crib: a vice or a need? Anthrozoös, 18(3), 320-321 [Abstract].
Johnson, K. G., Tyrrell, J., Rowe, J. B., Rethick, D. W. (1998). Behavioural chances in stabled horses given nontherapeutic levels of viriginiamycin. Equine Veterinary Journal, 30(2), 139-143.
McAfee, L. M., Mills, D. S., Cooper, J. J. (2002). The use of mirrors for the control of stereotypic weaving behaviour in the stabled horse. Applied Animal Behaviour Science, 78, 159-173.
McBride, S. D., Cuddeford, D., (2001). The putative welfare-reducing effects of preventing equine stereotypic behaviour. Animal Welfare, 10(2), 173-189.
McGreevy, P. D., Nicol, C. J., (1998). Prevention of crib-biting; a review. Equine Veterinary Journal, 27 (Supplement), 35-38.
McGreevy, P. D., Nicol, C. J., (1998b). The effect of short term prevention on the subsequent rate of crib-biting in Throoughbred horses. Equine Veterinary Journal, 27 (Supplement), 30-34.
Mills, D. S., Davenport, K. (2002). The effect of a neighbouring conspecific versus the use of a mirror for the control of stereotypic weaving behaviour in the stabled horse. Animal Science, 74, 95-101.
Mills, D. S., Riezebos, M. (2005). The role of the image of a conspecific in the regulation of stereotypic head movements in the horse. Applied Animal Behaviour Science, 91, 155-165.
Quirk, K. (2009). The efficacy and welfare implications of surgically-placed crib rings in horses (Equus caballus). Retrieved from: http://hdl.handle.net/1813/13075
Rendon, R. A., Shuster, L., Dodman, N. H. (2001). The effect of the NMDA receptor blocker, dextromethorphan, on cribbing in horses. Pharmacology, Biochemistry and Behavior, 68, 49-51.
Schofield, W. L., Mulville, J. P. (1998). Assessment of the modified Forssell’s procedure for the treatment of oral stereotypies in 10 horses. Veterinary Record, 142(21), 572-575.
Stable vices. (n.d.). In Wikipedia. Retrieved Dec 10, 2011, from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stable_vices
Visser, E. K., Ellis, A. D., Wan Reenen, C. G. (2008). The effect of two different housing conditions on the welfare of young horses stabled for the first time. Applied Animal Behaviour Science, 114, 521-533.
Wickens, C. L. (2009). Stereotypic behaviors in Michigan horses: Results of an Online Survey. Equine Program Newsletter, 14(2), 1-4. Retrieved from: http://www.ans.msu.edu/uploads/files/63/summer2009.pdf
Wickens, C. L., Heleski, C. R. (2010). Crib-biting behavior in horses: A review. Applied Animal Behaviour Science, 128, 1-9.