42  Feeding stalled horses a diet high omega-3 fatty acids results in a plasma fatty acid profile similar to horses on pasture

Rice Bran in Old Horses Nutrition and its Influence on Condition, Blood Biochemical Parameters, Total Feces Bacteria and Methanogen Population

“…In the available literature data, there is only some information on the horse serum fatty acids profile and the effect of diet on their concentration in young warm-blooded sport horses or breeding horses (Gordon and Jacobs, 2021;Headley et al, 2012). However, there is no information on FA profiles in the blood of geriatric horses.…”

“…The concentration of C18:1 cis, C20:5 n-3, and C20:3 n-6 was at the same level, regardless of the diet. Gordon and Jacobs (2021) compared the fatty acid profile of the blood serum of American Quarter Horses fed pasture as a control diet and an experimental diet composed of hay and concentrate/balancer with n-6 to n-3 ratio similar to pasture in the control diet. The conducted analyzes showed that after 60 days of the experiment, similar plasma concentrations of n-3 fatty acids were determined in horses of both groups, which indicates the possibility of modifying the level of horse serum fatty acids through the use of diet with an appropriate dietary composition (Gordon and Jacobs, 2021).…”

“…Gordon and Jacobs (2021) compared the fatty acid profile of the blood serum of American Quarter Horses fed pasture as a control diet and an experimental diet composed of hay and concentrate/balancer with n-6 to n-3 ratio similar to pasture in the control diet. The conducted analyzes showed that after 60 days of the experiment, similar plasma concentrations of n-3 fatty acids were determined in horses of both groups, which indicates the possibility of modifying the level of horse serum fatty acids through the use of diet with an appropriate dietary composition (Gordon and Jacobs, 2021). According to Headley et al (2012) the addition of linoleic acid (supplemented as CLA isomer) to the diet increases the concentration of this acid in the plasma and lowers the concentration of arachidonic acid, which is considered the main substrate of the inflammatory pathway.…”

Lipids in Equine Airway Inflammation: An Overview of Current Knowledge

“…Although horses are natural herbivores, marine-based Ω supplements can be incorporated into their diets [ 109 ]. Marine-based Ω-products have shown superiority to plant-based products in most studies that have evaluated their anti-inflammatory/proresolving effects in horses [ 109 , 110 , 111 , 112 , 113 , 114 ].…”