Poor doing, or chronic weight loss cases can be very frustrating because many of the diagnostics performed are either equivocal or outright unrewarding. Often, the etiology remains unknown despite extensive investigation, One of the most common causes of poor body condition is inadequate dietary intake and it is difficult to convince a client that they need to start by simply feeding the horse more feed. This paper will summarise some of the more commonly encountered causes of ill thrift in horses.
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