Influência do manejo alimentar em enfermidades do trato gastrintestinal equino - revisão de literatura

Abstract

Horses are herbivorous animals, present on Earth for about sixty million years. They developed and evolved according to the animal/environment interaction. The result of this relationship conferred anatomophysiological particularities that characterize the current equine species. However, the domestication of these animals linked to inadequate food management, led to the development of diseases that affect the digestive system. Thus, the present study aims to highlight the importance of understanding and respecting the anatomical, physiological and nutritional characteristics of the species, and from then on carrying out adequate food management, as a way of preventing diseases that affect the gastrointestinal tract of horses. , caused by failures in this process.