Evaluation of dietary and management risk factors for enterolithiasis among horses in California |
| |
| Institution: | 1. Department of Surgical and Radiological Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis, CA 95616, United States;2. Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis, CA 95616, United States;3. Department of Statistics, University of California, Davis, CA 95616, United States;1. Romanian Academy, Institute of Computer Science, Ia?i, Romania;2. “A.I. Cuza” University, Ia?i, Romania;3. Department of Computer Science, Faculty of Informatics, University of Debrecen, Kassai út 26, 4028 Debrecen, Hungary;1. Institute of Mathematics and Computer Science Str. Academiei 5, Chi?in?u, MD 2028, Moldova;2. TU Wien, Institute of Logic and Computation, Favoritenstraße 9–11, A-1040 Wien, Austria;3. IBISC, Université Évry, Université Paris-Saclay, 23 Boulevard de France, 91025, Évry, France;4. Key Laboratory of Image Information Processing and Intelligent Control of Education Ministry of China, School of Automation, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, China;1. Research Institute of the IT4Innovations Centre of Excellence, Faculty of Philosophy and Science, Silesian University in Opava, Czech Republic;2. Institute of Computer Science, Faculty of Philosophy and Science, Silesian University in Opava, Czech Republic |
| |
| Abstract: | Enteroliths are intestinal calculi that result in intestinal obstruction and colic in horses. Equine enterolithiasis occurs worldwide, but the disease is particularly prevalent in some geographic locations, including California. The objectives of this study were to evaluate dietary and environmental risk factors for the disease. This was accomplished through a case–control study by comparing horses with colic from enterolithiasis presenting to the University of California, Davis VMTH, to horses with colic of other causes. Data were collected on 61 horses with enterolithiasis and 75 controls via evaluation of patient records and questionnaires completed by owners at the time of admission. Following multiple logistic regression analysis, the following factors were found to be significantly associated with enterolithiasis: feeding ?50% of the diet as alfalfa; feeding <50% of the diet as oat hay; feeding <50% of the diet as grass hay; and lack of daily access to pasture grazing. |
| |
| Keywords: | |
| 本文献已被 ScienceDirect 等数据库收录！ |
|
