Journal of diabetes science and technology.
Publisher:
Diabetes Technology Society. Thousand Oaks, CA : Sage (2014)
Frequency: Bimonthly
Country: United States
Language: English
Author(s):
Diabetes Technology Society.
Start Year:2007 -
ISSN:
1932-2968 (Electronic)
1932-3107 (Undetermined)
1932-2968 (Linking)
1932-3107 (Undetermined)
1932-2968 (Linking)
Impact Factor
5
2023
| NLM ID: | 101306166 |
| (OCoLC): | 70140637 |
| LCCN: | 2006213387 |
Diabetes, insulin resistance, and metabolic syndrome in horses. Analogous to the situation in human medicine, contemporary practices in horse management, which incorporate lengthy periods of physical inactivity coupled with provision of nutritional rations characterized by inappropriately high sugar and starch, have led to obesity being more commonly recognized by practitioners of equine veterinary practice. In many of these cases, obesity is associated with insulin resistance (IR) and glucose intolerance. An equine metabolic syndrome (MS) has been described that is similar to the human MS in that both IR and aspects of obesity represent cornerstones of it...
Medical implications of obesity in horses–lessons for human obesity. There is growing recognition that obesity is common and represents a significant detriment to the health of companion animals in a manner similar to that by which it is affecting the human population. As is the case for other species, obesity appears to promote insulin resistance in horses and it is through this pathophysiological process that many of the adverse medical consequences of obesity are being characterized. Equine medical conditions that have been described in the context of obesity and insulin resistance differ from those in humans. Chronic human conditions that have been attribut...