Low muscle glycogen at the beginning of exercise may adversely affect performance,
increase protein degradation and contribute to the onset of fatigue. As horses are sometimes …

In a switchback experiment, six mature mares were fed a control and a fat-supplemented
diet while being exercised in a galloping regimen. After three weeks adaptation to each diet …

Two groups of 3 horses each were fed on a control diet of ground hay and concentrates or a
similar diet with 10.5% added fat. The horses were trotted to a heart rate (HR) of 160 …

Eight Thoroughbred horses were used in a repeated measures, crossover experiment in
which horses were fed a fat supplemented and control diet. On Days 0, 7, 14, 21 and 28 …

In a switchback experiment, twelve mature Thoroughbreds were randomly divided into three
groups; each group was fed to achieve moderately low (ML), moderate (M) or moderately …

In a repeated switchback experiment, 6 miniature horse geldings, with body condition scores
ranging from 3 to 8, were exercised regularly and fed on diets containing a roughage to …

The effects of dietary fat supplementation on exercise performance and metabolism were
studied in 15 Thoroughbred racehorses. The horses ran a 1600-m race while on a control …

Feeding a high‐fat diet increases fat utilisation and may decrease glycogen utilisation
resulting in a lower lactate production during moderate exercise. The effects of fat feeding on …

Summary Six mature Quarter Horse-type geldings were used in a replicated 3× 3 Latin
square experiment to determine the effects of adding 5 or 10% feed-grade rendered animal …

Following 10 weeks of fat supplementation a group of aerobically trained thoroughbred
horses exhibited a significant decrease in postprandial plasma triacylglycerol concentration …