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When nutritional management of obesity fails…

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Bowen M.
In: BEVA - Annual Congress - Birmingham, 2018 by British Equine Veterinary Association
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SEP 15, 2018
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Obesity is a leading health concern for horses in the 21st century and leads to significant comorbidities including the development of laminitis, insulin dysregulation and equine metabolic syndrome (EMS). It exacerbates osteoarthritis when present and may have other less well understood implications including that it is pro-inflammatory, can lead to infertility, causes preputial oedema, predisposes to the development of pedunculated lipomas and may impact on the immune response to vaccination and disease. Despite these impacts, obesity is a human induced condition that is not seen in undomesticated animals ...

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Bowen , M. (2020) “When nutritional management of obesity fails…”, BEVA - Annual Congress - Birmingham, 2018. Available at: https://www.ivis.org/library/beva/beva-annual-congress-birmingham-2018/when-nutritional-management-of-obesity-fails… (Accessed: 12 September 2024).

Affiliation of the authors at the time of publication

University of Nottingham/Oakham Veterinary Hospital, Ashwell Road, Oakham, LE15 7QH, UK.

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  • M.Bowen

    Bowen M.

    Professor
    BVetMed MMedSci(MedEd) PhD CertVA CertEM(IntMed) DipACVIM DipECEIM PFHEA FRCVS
    Oakham Veterinary Hospital, University of Nottingham/
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