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Nutritional management for pituitary pars intermedia dysfunction and equine metabolic syndrome

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Harry Carslake

In: BEVA - Annual Congress - Birmingham, 2016 by British Equine Veterinary Association
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SEP 07, 2016
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Nutrition plays a central role in the management of EMS and PPID. Both conditions can vary considerably in their clinical presentation, and can coexist in the same horse. Although some general principles can be applied, it is important that individual horse factors are considered and a tailored nutritional plan is devised for each case. The desired outcomes are resolution of clinical signs, normalisation of body condition score (BCS), reduced insulin dysregulation and a return to the intended use of the horse ...

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Philip Leverhulme Equine Hospital, Leahurst, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK.

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