Response to letter to editor regarding ECEIM consensus statement on equine metabolic syndrome

Affiliations

¹ Liphook Equine Hospital, United Kingdom.
² Department of Clinical Sciences, Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine at Tufts University, North Grafton, Massachusetts.
³ Institute of Veterinary Science, University of Liverpool, United Kingdom.
⁴ Department of clinical sciences and services, Royal Veterinary College, Herts, United Kingdom.
⁵ Utrecht University, Department of Equine Sciences, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
⁶ Institute of Animal Nutrition, Nutrition Diseases and Dietetics, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany.
⁷ Clinic for Horses, University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Hanover, Germany.
⁸ Equine Clinic, Internal Medicine, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Justus-Liebig-University of Giessen, Giessen, Germany.

Comment

Andy E Durham et al. J Vet Intern Med. 2019 May.

. 2019 May;33(3):1125-1126.

doi: 10.1111/jvim.15503. Epub 2019 Apr 16.

¹ Liphook Equine Hospital, United Kingdom.
² Department of Clinical Sciences, Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine at Tufts University, North Grafton, Massachusetts.
³ Institute of Veterinary Science, University of Liverpool, United Kingdom.
⁴ Department of clinical sciences and services, Royal Veterinary College, Herts, United Kingdom.
⁵ Utrecht University, Department of Equine Sciences, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
⁶ Institute of Animal Nutrition, Nutrition Diseases and Dietetics, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany.
⁷ Clinic for Horses, University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Hanover, Germany.
⁸ Equine Clinic, Internal Medicine, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Justus-Liebig-University of Giessen, Giessen, Germany.

No abstract available

Comment on

ECEIM consensus statement on equine metabolic syndrome.
MacLeod C. MacLeod C. J Vet Intern Med. 2019 May;33(3):1123-1124. doi: 10.1111/jvim.15501. Epub 2019 Apr 18. J Vet Intern Med. 2019. PMID: 31001892 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

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