Cribbing is a stereotypy or seemingly functionless repetitive behavior performed by horses which is characterized by grabbing an upright object with the teeth and pulling against the object with ...

Cribbing has long been a source consternation to horse owners, who worry the wind-sucking can damage barns, fences, horses' teeth, and possibly increase chances of medical issues like colic.

Crib-biting can affect both the teeth and skull ... These changes may not stop horses from cribbing or demonstrating other behaviours, such as wind-sucking, but it would seem logical that reducing ...

He explains that, "cribbing is a vice where horses place their upper incisors ... but if they do so without placing their teeth on a fixed object it is called "wind sucking," something that ...

This could be blunt trauma, such as a kick, fall or collision, or injury caused when the horse pulls back suddenly while chewing or cribbing on ... is he has clamped his teeth around can result ...

Despite many horse owners' belief to the contrary, researchers concluded in a new study that cribbing does not appear to be a learned disorder. However, genetic predisposition appears to be a ...