There is currently growing concern about starch levels in horses' diets. This concern is justified by the increasing diagnosis of conditions that benefit from a diet low in non-structural carbohydrates (starch and sugars).<\/p>\n
For example, from a gastrointestinal (GI) point of view, the ingestion of large quantities of concentrated feed is, in general, associated with a decrease in the amount of forage ingested.<\/p>\n
Since the fibrous component should be the main component in the horse's diet, limitations in its intake contribute to the appearance of gastrointestinal disorders, such as Equine Gastric Ulceration Syndrome (EGUS). In addition to this, there is a decrease in gastric pH after ingestion of concentrated feed, which also contributes to the aforementioned Syndrome.<\/p>\n
Horses have a limited capacity to digest starch in the small intestine (with individual variability). Therefore, when we provide a large amount of starch in a single meal, or low digestibility starch (unprocessed grains), a significant amount of this starch may not be digested in the small intestine, reaching the cecum.<\/p>\n
This starch will be fermented at the cecal level, with the consequent release of lactic acid. This fermentation process may result in significant changes in the intestinal flora \u2013 intestinal dysbiosis (diarrhea)\u00a0 <\/span>\u2013 compromising the effective digestion of the forage component, and a decrease in intestinal pH \u2013 intestinal acidosis. Intestinal acidosis can justify changes in behavior, loss of performance and abdominal pain (colic).<\/p>\n In some horses, we also see insulin resistance, which results in a failure of the tissues to respond to circulating insulin and consequently difficulty in controlling blood glucose. These horses are more prone to problems such as laminitis (\u201cwatering\u201d) and limiting starch intake is one of the strategies used to increase insulin sensitivity.<\/p>\n Some myopathies, such as rhabdomyolysis due to polysaccharide accumulation or recurrent exercise-induced rhabdomyolysis, also benefit from a limitation in the intake of starch and sugars.<\/p>\n Temperamental or easily excitable horses appear to benefit from some limitation of non-structural carbohydrates in the diet, with high sugar levels being associated with increased dopamine secretion. Here again, individual variability is enormous.<\/p>\n It is important to bear in mind that using a commercial food low in starch may be beneficial for some animals and improve their performance. However, completely excluding this energy source may not be the most appropriate strategy, as glycogen reserves are so important in certain sports, particularly those in which anaerobic activity is more important. Discover Intacol foods with a low starch content.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Atualmente verificamos uma preocupa\u00e7\u00e3o crescente com os n\u00edveis de amido na dieta do cavalo. Essa preocupa\u00e7\u00e3o \u00e9 justificada por um diagn\u00f3stico crescente de afe\u00e7\u00f5es que beneficiam de um maneio alimentar baixo em hidratos de carbono n\u00e3o estruturais (amido e a\u00e7ucares). Ingest\u00e3o de amido Por exemplo, do ponto de vista gastrointestinal (GI), a ingest\u00e3o de grandes […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[48],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1442","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-problemas-gastrointestinais"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.intacol.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1442","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.intacol.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.intacol.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.intacol.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.intacol.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1442"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.intacol.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1442\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2123,"href":"https:\/\/www.intacol.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1442\/revisions\/2123"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.intacol.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1442"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.intacol.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1442"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.intacol.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1442"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Insulin resistance, laminitis, rhabdomyolysis<\/strong><\/h6>\n
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