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Hypertension and insulin resistance in a mixed-breed population of ponies predisposed to laminitis.
American journal of veterinary research - 1 Jan 2008
Bailey Simon R, Habershon-Butcher Jocelyn L, Ransom Kathryn J, Elliott Jonathan, Menzies-Gow Nicola J
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OBJECTIVE: To determine the metabolic phenotype of a group of laminitis-prone ponies when at pasture in summer, compared with when at pasture in winter. ANIMALS: 40 ponies of various breeds predisposed to recurrent pasture-associated laminitis and 40 unaffected control ponies. PROCEDURES: Body condition score and size of the crest of the neck were assessed, blood samples obtained, and blood pressure measured by...
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