Peer-reviewed veterinary case report
Equine metabolic syndrome.
- Journal:
- The Veterinary clinics of North America. Equine practice
- Year:
- 2011
- Authors:
- Frank, Nicholas
- Affiliation:
- Department of Large Animal Clinical Sciences · United States
- Species:
- horse
Abstract
The concept of an equine metabolic syndrome (EMS) was first proposed in 2002. This concept has developed over time, and EMS was recently described in a consensus statement released by the American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine. In human medicine, metabolic syndrome (MetS) refers to a set of risk factors that predict the risk of cardiovascular disease, including obesity, glucose intolerance and insulin resistance (IR), dyslipidemia, microalbuminuria, and hypertension. EMS shares some of the features of MetS, including increased adiposity, hyperinsulinemia, IR, but differs in that laminitis is the primary disease of interest.
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