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STEREOTYPY FACTORS
STEREOTYPICAL behaviours or “stable vices” have been recognised in domesticated horses for centuries. They include crib-biting, windsucking, weaving, box walking and box wall kicking.
Brazilian behaviourists recently analysed all the peer-reviewed research into the development of stereotypies published in English, Spanish and Portuguese, and compared the findings and conclusions. This kind of study is a “metaanalysis”; it is
