Weight Loss Management in Client-Owned Horses
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- 作者：Jennifer Christine Gilla ; jcgill2@ncsu.edu" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author ; Shannon Elizabeth Pratt-Phillipsa ; Richard Mansmannb ; Paul David Sicilianoa
- 关键词：Dietary restriction ; Owner compliance ; Digestible energy ; Pasture ; Obesity
- 刊名：Journal of Equine Veterinary Science
- 出版年：2016
- 出版时间：April 2016
- 年：2016
- 卷：39
- 期：Complete
- 页码：80-89
- 全文大小：492 K
文摘
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Obesity in horses may lead to an increased risk of insulin resistance and laminitis.
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Client-owned horses were prescribed new diets to provide 10% to 20% restriction of energy intake.
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Dietary restriction of client-owned horses resulted in a 6% BW reduction.
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Horses with compliant owners had a greatest decrease in BW and BCS.