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Rate of obesity within a mixed-breed group of horses in Ireland and their owners’ perceptions of body condition and useability of an equine body condition scoring scale

BACKGROUND: Equine obesity is a significant health and welfare concern. The proportion of domestic horse populations that are overweight are as high as 45%. As the primary decision-makers for their horses’ care, owners are theoretically ideally placed to identify whether their horses are appropriate...

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Autores principales: Golding, Emma, Al Ansari, Ahmed Saleh Ali, Sutton, Gila A., Walshe, Nicola, Duggan, Vivienne
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10077657/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37024919
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13620-023-00237-w