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Self-mutilation:
This may be due to an underlying medical problem (eg, a dermatologic or GI condition involving colic and parasitemia). The progression of the problem should help differentiate a medical problem from one that is primarily behavioral.
In horses, most self-mutilation involves biting of the limbs, chest, or flanks.
Self-mutilation can appear in sexually frustrated (usually male) or socially incompatible horses, or as a manifestation of an obsessive-compulsive disorder. Treatment should involve correction of the underlying condition.
Self-mutilation associated with sexual frustration can be addressed by castration, pasturing with a mare, removing all mares (or horses that induce the behavior.
if the problem is primarily social) from the environment, increasing exercise, increasing roughage and decreasing grain, and treatment with progestins or opiate blockers. In the case of an obsessive-compulsive disorder, treatment should involve beha-vioral and environmental modification and antianxiety or anti-obsessive-compulsive medication