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Effects of dietary lipids on the erythrocyte morphology of ponies

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 February 2018

C Horne ,
L Clark  and
R Geering
C Horne
Affiliation:
Department of Agricultural Sciences, Imperial College London(Wye Campus), Wye, Ashford, Kent, TN25 5AH, UK. Email, [email protected]
L Clark
Affiliation:
Department of Agricultural Sciences, Imperial College London(Wye Campus), Wye, Ashford, Kent, TN25 5AH, UK. Email, [email protected]
R Geering
Affiliation:
Department of Agricultural Sciences, Imperial College London(Wye Campus), Wye, Ashford, Kent, TN25 5AH, UK. Email, [email protected]
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Many dietary oils have used in equine feeds primarily to improve joints and coat. Studies in rats have demonstrated the importance of dietary lipids in maintaining the normal discoid shape of the erythrocyte (Escadero et al., 1998). It is not yet known whether the addition of lipids to the diet can change the physiology of equine erythrocytes. The aim of this study was to identify the effects of sunflower oil (SF), green–lipped mussel oil (GLM), linseed oil (LN) and soya oil (SY) on erythrocyte shape and tendency to form rouleauxs in the horse.

Two New Forest ponies of similar age and weight and on clinical screening were used in the study. They were fed either the control diet (C) of silage ad libithum or the control diet plus 50ml of either SF, GLM, LN or SY. Bloods were taken prior to the start of dietary manipulation and at the end of the two–week experimental period.

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BSAP Occasional Publication , Volume 32: Emerging Equine Science , 2004 , pp. 215 - 216
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Copyright © British Society of Animal Production 2004

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