Two studies were carried out to investigate on the nutritional status of newborn foals also related to some mare milk characteristics. In the first study 5 foals born from Franch Montagnes x Bardigiana mares were muzzled and artificially reared in order to get more information on foals' nutritional status during the first weeks after birth. Mares' milk characteristics were also investigated. In a second study, the effects of fish oil supplementation, source of ω3-PUFA, to five mares' diet on some plasma metabolites and on growth rate of the foals were evaluated according to a switch back design. Although the high variability between foals, remarkable changes in the blood chemistry and in some metabolic profiles were observed in arti-ficially reared or suckling foals during the first weeks of extrauterine life.
Nutritional status of the foals related to the age and to mares' feeding / E. Salimei, V. Bontempo, V. Dell'Orto. - In: PFERDEHEILKUNDE. - ISSN 0177-7726. - 12:3(1996), pp. 245-248. [10.21836/pem19960316]
Nutritional status of the foals related to the age and to mares' feeding
V. Bontempo;V. Dell'OrtoUltimo
1996
Abstract
Two studies were carried out to investigate on the nutritional status of newborn foals also related to some mare milk characteristics. In the first study 5 foals born from Franch Montagnes x Bardigiana mares were muzzled and artificially reared in order to get more information on foals' nutritional status during the first weeks after birth. Mares' milk characteristics were also investigated. In a second study, the effects of fish oil supplementation, source of ω3-PUFA, to five mares' diet on some plasma metabolites and on growth rate of the foals were evaluated according to a switch back design. Although the high variability between foals, remarkable changes in the blood chemistry and in some metabolic profiles were observed in arti-ficially reared or suckling foals during the first weeks of extrauterine life.File | Dimensione | Formato | |
---|---|---|---|
19960316.PDF
accesso aperto
Tipologia:
Publisher's version/PDF
Dimensione
523.97 kB
Formato
Adobe PDF
|
523.97 kB | Adobe PDF | Visualizza/Apri |
Pubblicazioni consigliate
I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.