Nutrition of the exercising horse

Saastamoinen, Markku; Martin‐Rosset, W.

doi:10.3920/978-90-8686-644-1

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“…Ferjak et al (2017) found that equine BF assessment using deuterium oxide was more strongly correlated to actual BF measured postmortem than was BF extrapolated from rump fat thickness (Ferjak et al, 2017). Previous studies have reported that the relationship between BCS and BF extrapolated from RFT is positive and linear (Henneke et al, 1983;Cordero et al, 2013); while postmortem evaluations have yielded an exponential relationship to actual BF (Martin-Rosset et al, 2008;Dugdale et al, 2011). Application of a more accurate, nonterminal assessment technique such as tracer dilution could give a more precise indication of the relationship between BF and changing BCS, and eventually leads to a more producer-oriented method of estimating BF thus making the model more applicable in the industry.…”

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Development of a mathematical model for predicting digestible energy intake to meet desired body condition parameters in exercising horses

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Sigler

et al. 2019

Journal of Animal Science

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Maintaining optimal body condition is an important concern for horse owners and managers as it can affect reproductive efficiency, athletic ability, and overall health of the horse; however, information regarding dietary requirements to maintain or alter BCS in the horse is limited. A recently developed model had high accuracy in predicting the energy required to alter BCS in the horse. However, the model was restricted to sedentary mares, while many horses are subject to physical work. The objective of this study was to expand the scope of that model to include exercising horses by incorporating previously published estimates of exercise energy expenditure and then testing the expanded model. Stock type horses (n = 24) were grouped by initial BCS (3.0 to 6.5) and assigned to treatments of light (L), heavy (H), or no-exercise control (C). Horses were fed according to the model recommendations to increase (I) or decrease (D) two BCS within 60 d. Thus, six treatments were obtained:

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