Free faecal liquid in horses : associations with nutritional factors
The occurrence of free faecal liquid (FFL) in horses is a problem as it leads to contamination of the tail and inside of hindlegs, which may result in skin lesions. Distinct from diarrhoea, horses with this condition often defecate normal faeces, but also void faecal liquid before, during or after d...
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SLU/Dept. of Animal Nutrition and Management (until 231231)
2020
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| author | Rönnqvist, Elena |
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| description | The occurrence of free faecal liquid (FFL) in horses is a problem as it leads to contamination of the tail and inside of hindlegs, which may result in skin lesions. Distinct from diarrhoea, horses with this condition often defecate normal faeces, but also void faecal liquid before, during or after defecation of solid faeces. Anecdotally, feed related factors such as feeding of haylage, silage or increased amounts of lucerne has been suggested to cause FFL. The aim of this study was therefore to compare feeding, feed rations and feeding routines between horses affected by FFL (case group) and horses not affected by FFL (control group). Data on feeding and forage samples was collected from 50 stables in a matched case-control study, where each stable housed one pair consisting of one case and one control horse. Horses in each pair were fed the same haylage and were housed in the same stable. The horse owners were requested to complete a survey with questions regarding feeding and management of the horses. The forage used in each stable was sampled at three occasions during the same winter and analysed for its chemical and microbial composition. The results didn’t show any differences in amount of kg DM per 100 kg BW/day of forage or concentrates between case and control horses. The daily intake of digestible crude protein (dCP), metabolisable energy (MJ MEh), and g neutral detergent fibre (NDF) per 100 kg BW did not differ between case and control horses. The results from this study showed that case and control horses were fed similarly, but does not rule out other nutritional causes of FFL. Further studies on causes of FFL are of interest. |
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| spelling | RepoSLU153002020-01-30T02:00:43Z Free faecal liquid in horses : associations with nutritional factors Fri fekal vätska hos häst : associationer med nutritionella faktorer Rönnqvist, Elena concentrates feeding feed ration forage gastrointestinal tract haylage The occurrence of free faecal liquid (FFL) in horses is a problem as it leads to contamination of the tail and inside of hindlegs, which may result in skin lesions. Distinct from diarrhoea, horses with this condition often defecate normal faeces, but also void faecal liquid before, during or after defecation of solid faeces. Anecdotally, feed related factors such as feeding of haylage, silage or increased amounts of lucerne has been suggested to cause FFL. The aim of this study was therefore to compare feeding, feed rations and feeding routines between horses affected by FFL (case group) and horses not affected by FFL (control group). Data on feeding and forage samples was collected from 50 stables in a matched case-control study, where each stable housed one pair consisting of one case and one control horse. Horses in each pair were fed the same haylage and were housed in the same stable. The horse owners were requested to complete a survey with questions regarding feeding and management of the horses. The forage used in each stable was sampled at three occasions during the same winter and analysed for its chemical and microbial composition. The results didn’t show any differences in amount of kg DM per 100 kg BW/day of forage or concentrates between case and control horses. The daily intake of digestible crude protein (dCP), metabolisable energy (MJ MEh), and g neutral detergent fibre (NDF) per 100 kg BW did not differ between case and control horses. The results from this study showed that case and control horses were fed similarly, but does not rule out other nutritional causes of FFL. Further studies on causes of FFL are of interest. Uppkomsten av fri fekal vätska (FFV) hos hästar är ett problem där kontaminering av svansen och insidan av benen kan leda till skador på hästarnas hud. Till skillnad från hästar med diarré innebär detta tillstånd ofta en normal träckavföring varpå hästarna innan, under eller efter defekering också avger en fri fekal vätska. Tidigare har utfodringsrelaterade orsaker som intaget av hösilage, ensilage eller ett ökat intag av lucern sammankopplats med uppkomsten av FFV. Syftet med denna studie var därför att undersöka utfodring, foderstat, och utfodringsrutiner mellan hästar drabbade av FFV (fall) och hästar icke drabbade av FFV (kontroll) för att om möjligt kunna identifiera utfodringsrelaterade faktorer. Data gällande utfodring samt vallfoderprover samlades in från 50 stall i en matchad fall-kontroll studie, där varje par inkluderade en fall- och en kontroll-häst. Hästarna i varje par utfodrades med samma sorts hösilage och var uppstallade i samma stall. Ägarna till hästarna ombads delta i en enkätundersökning där frågor om utfodring och övrig hantering utav hästarna behandlades. Foderprover från hösilaget som hästarna i varje stall utfodrades med samlades in under tre olika tillfällen under samma vinter och analyserades med avseende på kemisk och mikrobiell sammansättning. Resultaten visade inte några skillnader mellan fall och kontrollhästar i det dagliga intaget av kg torrsubstans grov- eller kraftfoder per 100 kg kroppsvikt. Det dagliga intaget av smältbart råprotein, omsättbar energi och neutral detergent fiber per 100 kg kroppsvikt var också lika mellan fall och kontrolhästar. Resultaten från den här studien visade att fall- och kontrollhästar inte utfodrades på olika sätt, men utesluter inte heller att det kan finnas andra utfodringsrelaterade orsaker till FFV. Ytterligare studier av orsaker till FFV är av intresse. SLU/Dept. of Animal Nutrition and Management (until 231231) 2020 H2 eng swe https://stud.epsilon.slu.se/15300/ |
| spellingShingle | concentrates feeding feed ration forage gastrointestinal tract haylage Rönnqvist, Elena Free faecal liquid in horses : associations with nutritional factors |
| title | Free faecal liquid in horses : associations with nutritional factors |
| title_full | Free faecal liquid in horses : associations with nutritional factors |
| title_fullStr | Free faecal liquid in horses : associations with nutritional factors |
| title_full_unstemmed | Free faecal liquid in horses : associations with nutritional factors |
| title_short | Free faecal liquid in horses : associations with nutritional factors |
| title_sort | free faecal liquid in horses : associations with nutritional factors |
| topic | concentrates feeding feed ration forage gastrointestinal tract haylage |