Does dietary fat supplementation during conditioning improve athletic performance,
especially in the heat? Fat adaptation has been used to increase energy density, decrease …

abstract Four mathematical approaches are proposed to determine optimal ranges of
nutrients for specified purposes. For exercise, the diet must provide optimal mixtures of fuels …

Thoroughbred horses have been selected for exceptional racing performance resulting in
system-wide structural and functional adaptations contributing to elite athletic phenotypes …

Plasma concentrations of glucose and insulin following a meal were compared in twelve
Thoroughbred mares fed a pelleted concentrate (PC), a traditional sweet feed high in sugar …

Specific quantitative methods for determining insulin resistance have been applied to
obesity, activity/inactivity, reproductive efficiency, and exercise in horses, but only …

To determine the effect of dietary starch, bicarbonate, and fat content on metabolic
responses and serum creatine kinase (CK) activity in exercising Thoroughbreds with …

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

▪ Abstract This review outlines the energy sources available to the horse, from its diet and
from its body stores, at rest and while exercising. It looks at the current ways of describing …

Feeding of a fat‐rich diet to horses may enhance the flux of fatty acids, in the form of
triacylglycerols (TAG), through the circulation into skeletal muscle. This hypothesis was …

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 …