Morphometric changes in overweight horses following 10-week weight loss programs
In conclusion, all weight loss strategies produced significant weight loss, but only those strategies which included exercise reduced fat deposits known to be implicated in metabolic dysregulation in obese horses. Future studies should explore the optimum exercise load (duration and intensity) to facilitate loss of fat from these areas.
Authors
- Ellen Roelfsema
- Anna Garland (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3343-7722)
- D.A. van Doorn (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4400-931X)
- Milena Margiotta
- Konstantinos Papadakis (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4294-0266)
- Robin van den Boom (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8103-092X)
- Persephone McCrae
- Wendy Gay Pearson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3635-4594)
- Madeline Boast
- Jung Lee (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1177-7117)
- M. H. Briggs
- Samara Wafelbakker
Institutions
- Utrecht University (NL)
- University of Guelph (CA)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Veterinary Research
- Published
- 2025-10-10
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12917-025-05032-z
- Primary Topic
- Veterinary Equine Medical Research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs
- Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada