underweigth horse
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Underweight Horses,
The Reasons
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Sometimes this problem is caused for Insufficient Caloric Intake,but sometimes the reason could be for other causes like Parasities ordenture Problems.Other are impossible to diagnose until the Necropsy.The Point here is the Previous Diagnose.
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Parasites
These can be a major contributing factor toweigth loss
Parasitism is not as comun as last yearsbecause of improved dewormers and
deworming programs
They can cause damage to the intestinal
Lining, making dificult to the body absorb theNutrients.
It can also cause Swelling of the intestinallining, cause the elimination of Electrolytes,
sugars and Amino-Acids (wich supose tobe inthe inetstine) with the Manure.
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Teeth
Teeth have a form, this form let the Horses eat Coarse Roughage, when thisForm changes and it get sharp the horse can have lacerations of the cheek,tongue or gums, obviously this makes Chewing Painful
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YoungHoses
The presence of teeth capsthat not dislodgeappropriately, that meansthat in future the horse willhave two sets of teeth.
A portion of milk toothremains and makes thechewing act so difficult.
AgedHorses
One of the primaryproblem in aged horses
is the loss of Molarsteeth,
When the molars getlost the food it isnt
crush well and the foodenter to the digestive
tract in too large pieces
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Disease
The diseases can be a factor in the underwigth horses, this factor disturb theprotein use, wich is visible with naked eye, even if the diet is the adequate thedisease is disturbing the nutrient processing.
As example we have the Horses with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary
Disease, this horses burn more Calories than Horses with normal BreathingPatterns
The Horses with Kidney problems usually excrete the proteins in the Urine.
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Environment.
As humans,horses canbecome Unhappywhen the
environment areuncomfortable.The stable vicesare bad actionsthat an animalcan develope, this
Vices causes acalories wasting,therefore aweigth loss
When a horse (every Animal) is in a stressfulsituation or it experiments Pain the body releaseAdrenaline, this hormone put it body in Catabolismstate, the Catabolism causes the breakdown of thebody energy.
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CONCLUSIONS
A Horse in Underweight is normal when the diet is incomplete,if this isnt varied and it is poor the diagnose is Obvious,but what happens if the diet is complete and balanced?
Here we have 4 possible reasons wich may be analysed by aVeterinarian and then atack the problem.
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Thank you all
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