Effects of Diet and Weight Gain on Subcutaneous Body Fat Accretion Patterns and Adipocytokine Production in Thoroughbred Geldings

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dc.contributor.advisorBurk, Amy Oen_US
dc.contributor.authorSuagee, Jessica Ken_US
dc.contributor.departmentAnimal Sciencesen_US
dc.contributor.publisherDigital Repository at the University of Marylanden_US
dc.contributor.publisherUniversity of Maryland (College Park, Md.)en_US
dc.date.accessioned2007-06-22T05:38:41Z
dc.date.available2007-06-22T05:38:41Z
dc.date.issued2007-05-08
dc.description.abstractFifteen Thoroughbred geldings on an eight month weight gain study were used to evaluate 1) the effects of weight gain and diet on body area (neck, withers, shoulders, ribs, loin, tailhead) condition scores, and 2) the effects of weight gain, diet, and exercise on serum concentrations of tumor necrosis factor-α. The body condition scoring system developed in Quarter horse was slightly modified for use Thoroughbred geldings and involved developing prediction equations that utilized a smaller subset of the body areas. Horses at a BCS of 4 were found to be at a higher risk of inflammation that horses at a BCS of 7. The degree of inflammation was similar between horses fed either a high starch and sugar diet or high fiber and fat diet, indicated by similar TNF concentrations. Restricting daily exercise for two weeks was associated with increased inflammation.en_US
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dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1903/6972
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.subject.pqcontrolledAgriculture, Animal Culture and Nutritionen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledadipose tissueen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledbody condition scoreen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolleddieten_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledhorseen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledinflammationen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledweight gainen_US
dc.titleEffects of Diet and Weight Gain on Subcutaneous Body Fat Accretion Patterns and Adipocytokine Production in Thoroughbred Geldingsen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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