Relationships Between Insulin Resistance, Diet and Obesity in Ponies and Horses.

Grant number: LP100200224 | Funding period: 2010 - 2014

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Abstract

There are an estimated 1.2 million horses in Australia, and the horse industry is estimated to contribute over $6.3 billion to the economy. Laminitis is a significant health and welfare problem in Australia, as it is worldwide, causing pain and lameness, loss of use, and sometimes necessitating euthanasia. Laminitis is one of the most common reasons for horse owners to seek veterinary attention, and diet and obesity increasingly predispose to this condition. Since treatment of laminitis is difficult, prevention is crucial. The outcomes from this project will include the provision of more specific advice on dietary and exercise management to vets and horse owners to reduce the incidence a..

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Development of a body condition index to estimate adiposity in ponies and horses from morphometric measurements

SJ Potter, ML Erdody, NJ Bamford, EJ Knowles, N Menzies-Gow, PK Morrison, CMG Argo, BJ McIntosh, K Kaufman, PA Harris, SR Bailey

2024-03-01

Background: There is a high prevalence of obesity in ponies and pleasure horses. This may be associated with equine metabolic synd..

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Comparison of Feed Digestibility between Ponies, Standardbreds and Andalusian Horses Fed Three Different Diets

SJ Potter, NJ Bamford, CL Baskerville, PA Harris, SR Bailey

2022-01-01

Ponies and some horse breeds such as Andalusians exhibit an ‘easy keeper’ phenotype and tend to become obese more readily than oth..

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Circannual variation in plasma adrenocorticotropic hormone concentrations and dexamethasone suppression test results in Standardbred horses, Andalusian horses and mixed-breed ponies

NJ Bamford, PA Harris, SR Bailey

2020-12-01

Objective To compare circannual plasma concentrations of adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) and seasonal dexamethasone suppression..

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Influence of dietary restriction and low-intensity exercise on weight loss and insulin sensitivity in obese equids

NJ Bamford, SJ Potter, CL Baskerville, PA Harris, SR Bailey

2019-01-01

Background: The importance of including exercise with dietary modification for the management of obese equids is not clearly under..

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Comparison and validation of ELISA assays for plasma insulin-like growth factor-1 in the horse

CL Baskerville, NJ Bamford, PA Harris, SR Bailey

2017-03-31

Insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF-1) plays several important physiological roles, and IGF-related pathways have been implicated in..

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Effect of increased adiposity on insulin sensitivity and adipokine concentrations in different equine breeds adapted to cereal-rich or fat-rich meals

NJ Bamford, SJ Potter, CL Baskerville, PA Harris, SR Bailey

2016-08-01

The relationships between diet, obesity and insulin dysregulation in equids require further investigation due to their association..

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Effect of increased adiposity on insulin sensitivity and adipokine concentrations in horses and ponies fed a high fat diet, with or without a once daily high glycaemic meal

NJ Bamford, SJ Potter, PA Harris, SR Bailey

2016-05-01

Reasons for performing study: The relative influences of obesity and adaptation to high glycaemic diets on the development of insu..

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