Nutritional Management of the Older Horse

Argo, Caroline McG.

doi:10.1016/j.cveq.2016.04.010

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“…However, exercise should not be undertaken during an acute flare of OA (van Weeren and Back 2016) and care must be taken to avoid excessive concussion on hard surfaces, unlevel ground, or the horse becoming tired and incoordinated. It is also important to give dietary advice in the case of an overweight horse (Argo 2016).…”

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Clinical care of the geriatric horse

Jarvis¹

2021

In Practice

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Background: Geriatric horses account for a significant proportion of the UK horse population and therefore age‐related conditions are commonly encountered in equine practice. Aim of the article: This review aims to provide an overview of the practical approach to managing osteoarthritis, pituitary pars intermedia dysfunction, dental disease, weight loss and nutrition and colic in geriatric horses.

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Clinical care of the geriatric horse

Jarvis¹

2021

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“…Nutritional problems show various origins, e.g. dental deficiencies, nutrient digestibility problems and kidney or liver failure (4,5). Nevertheless, each problem is related to reduced feed uptake or a more difficult digestibility of nutrients, leading to body muscle mass decrease (81,89).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Administering the right amount of protein to the animal, not exceeding the daily reference value, minimalizes metabolism through the liver, which, as a result, maximizes organ regeneration capacity. Oldage failure of organs related to low activity, which slows down the metabolism with catabolic processes prevailing over anabolic processes, finally leads to the accumulation of adipose tissue at the expense of muscle tissue (4,52,81). The final effect is bodyweight loss which is an unavoidable consequence of ageing.…”

Section: Digestive System Disturbancesmentioning

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Health problems in geriatric horses

Ratz¹,

Kaczmarek²,

Wnuk–Pawlak³

et al. 2021

Medycyna Weterynaryjna

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Geriatric horses, like other animals (and humans), suffer from various diseases called old-age diseases. This publication has been developed in response to the needs of owners and caretakers of a growing number of geriatric horses. Since the horse has a long life span, the geriatric stage can encompass up to 1/3 of the animal’s lifetime and can quite often last more than 10 years. This paper aims at systematizing the information of the most prevalent geriatric diseases in horses which inhibit their performance and considerably lower their quality of life. Knowledge of these diseases can help to avoid mistakes when keeping and managing such horses and may provide guidelines for maintaining welfare and preventive treatments. This article reviews the most prevalent old age health problems, their origin, diagnostics, course and effects for the body. Information about the most common diseases of old age in horses is found in 119 references. The nine sub-chapters include the diseases of the digestive system, especially the oral cavity, the stomach and bowels’ diseases, the respiratory system, the cardiovascular system, dysfunctions of the locomotor system, eye diseases, endocrine and neuroendocrine diseases as well as the immune system, neoplasms and general body condition. It should be emphasized that there is the possibility to maintain the well-being of geriatric horses through progress in veterinary medicine and sharing knowledge of equine functioning and health protection. Preventive health care should include regular blood testing, regular dental check-ups and adequate nutrition adapted to the overall condition, dental condition, physical activity and comorbidities. Adequate individual supplementation recommended by a nutrition specialist and a veterinarian is also essential.

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“…Sekundäre antioxidative Effekte besitzt weiterhin auch Selen, welches das katalytische Zentrum des körpereigenen Enzym Glutathionperoxidase bildet. Daneben wird davon ausgegangen, dass bei Pferden mit PPID die Vitamin C-Spiegel erniedrigt sein sollen und daher -ebenfalls aufgrund seiner antioxidativen Wirkung -supplementiert werden sollte (Argo 2016). Da letztlich auch die Beteiligung von oxidativem Stress an der Pathogenese von PPID diskutiert wird (Toribio 2005, Messer und Johnson 2007, McFarlane 2014, erscheint dieser weitere therapeutische Ansatz vielversprechend zu sein (Schröer und Alber 2012).…”

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