Preventing and Managing Equine Metabolic Syndrome in Horses
Christa Lesté-Lasserre, MA
February 15, 2023
How to recognize at-risk horses and manage them appropriately to prevent severe disease.
How to recognize at-risk horses and manage them appropriately to prevent severe disease.
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Using a focus-on-forage approach, a veterinarian specializing in equine nutrition explains how she plans a diet for easy keepers.
Judges often place overweight ponies—which could be at greater risk for metabolic issues and laminitis—higher than their leaner counterparts in competition.
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Metabolic profiling might hold the key to pinpointing which at-risk equids are most likely to develop the hoof disease laminitis.
Researchers found extra body fat causes movement asymmetries and affects horses’ performance on a chemical level.
Hormone imbalances wreak havoc on horses and their hooves. Here’s advice to help manage equine metabolic syndrome.
Researchers confirm that misconceptions about what constitutes obesity exist among horse show judges.
Dr. Andrew van Eps suggests addressing obesity now to prevent laminitis, shares new insight into supporting limb laminitis, and offers advice about icing feet in acute cases.
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