Simple Summary Increased incidence of obesity in our equine population has clear negative
impacts on equine health, such as increasing the risk of equine metabolic syndrome and …

Horses are large non-ruminant herbivores and rely on microbial fermentation for energy,
with more than half of their maintenance energy requirement coming from microbial …

Background. Hyperactivation of protein tyrosine phosphatase (PTP1B) has been associated
with several metabolic malfunctions ranging from insulin resistance, metaflammation …

The equine population in the United States and worldwide now includes a higher
percentage of geriatric horses than ever previously recorded, and as methods to treat and …

Transportation of horses on short journeys can lead to an increase in stress. There are
known age-associated changes in immune and metabolic responses in horses; however, no …

Hyperinsulinemia is the key feature of equine metabolic syndrome (EMS) which leads to
debilitating sequelae. Hyperinsulinemia-associated laminitis (HAL) is one of the major …

Simple Summary Procalcitonin (PCT) increased in the case of systemic inflammatory
response syndrome (SIRS), especially due to bacterial infection. The correlation between …

The oral sugar test (OST) is frequently used to identify insulin dysregulated (ID) equines. The
effect of fasting and varying sugar dose for the OST has been investigated in the pony but …

Seasonal effects on the oral sugar test (OST), used to monitor insulin dysregulation (ID)
status to help reduce laminitis risk, are poorly understood in the ID horse. Resting,(basal) …

Background Identifying intake levels of nonstructural carbohydrates (NSCs) that limit the
postprandial insulinaemic response in the insulin dysregulated (ID) horse may help reduce …