Clinical Nutrition

by Geor, Raymond J.

• ISBN13: 9781437705560
• ISBN10: 1437705561
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2009-04-01
• Publisher: SAUNDERS W B CO

Summary

The equine practitioner will find this comprehensive issue packed with useful, practical information on nutrition and dietary management. Topics include clinical assessment of nutritional status and feeding programs, role of diet and feeding in stereotypical behaviors, fats and fatty acids in equine diets, the glycemic index in equine nutrition, diet and gastric ulcer disease, role of nutrition in colic, nutrition of critically ill horses, feeding sick neonatal foals, feeding management of elite endurance horses, nutrition of the aged horse, and much more!

Table of Contents

Dedication	p. xi
Preface	p. xiii
Clinical Assessment of Nutritional Status and Feeding Programs in Horses	p. 1
Primer on Dietary Carbohydrates and Utility of the Glycemic Index in Equine Nutrition	p. 23
Pasture-Associated Laminitis	p. 39
Dietary Management of Obesity and Insulin Resistance: Countering Risk for Laminitis	p. 51
The Role of Nutrition in Colic	p. 67
Nutrition and Dietary Management of Equine Gastric Ulcer Syndrome	p. 79
Nutrition of Critically III Horses	p. 93
Feeding Management of Sick Neonatal Foals	p. 109
Optimal Diet of Horses with Chronic Exertional Myopathies	p. 121
Feeding Management of Elite Endurance Horses	p. 137
Nutrition of the Aged Horse	p. 155
Role of Diet and Feeding in Normal and Stereotypic Behaviors in Horses	p. 167
Index	p. 183
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